The most popular Bible verses from Lamentations - Page 10

Found 154 Verses (from 91)

Lamentations 5:21

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Restore us to yourself, LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old NIV

Turn us to Yourself, O Lord, and we shall be turned and restored! Renew our days as of old!-- AMP

Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. KJV

Lamentations 3:29

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Let them bury their faces in the dust – there may yet be hope. NIV

Let him put his mouth in the dust [in abject recognition of his unworthiness]--there may yet be hope. [Mic. 7:17.] AMP

He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. KJV

Lamentations 4:14

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Now they grope through the streets as if they were blind. They are so defiled with blood that no one dares to touch their garments. NIV

[The false prophets and priests] wandered [staggering] in the streets as if blind; they had so polluted themselves with blood it was not [lawful] for men to touch their garments. AMP

They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. KJV

Lamentations 5:15

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Joy is gone from our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning. NIV

Ceased is the joy of our hearts; our dancing has turned into mourning. AMP

The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. KJV

Lamentations 5:13

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Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood. NIV

Young men carried millstones, and boys fell [staggering] under [burdens of] wood. AMP

They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. KJV

Lamentations 5:12

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Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders are shown no respect. NIV

They hung princes by their hands; the persons of elders were not respected. AMP

Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. KJV

Lamentations 4:22

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Your punishment will end, Daughter Zion; he will not prolong your exile. But he will punish your sin, Daughter Edom, and expose your wickedness. NIV

The punishment of your iniquity will be accomplished and completed, O Daughter of Zion; [the Lord] will no more carry you away or keep you in exile. But He will inspect and punish your iniquity and guilt, O Daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins. [Ps. 137:7.] AMP

The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. KJV

Lamentations 4:15

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"Go away! You are unclean!" people cry to them. "Away! Away! Don't touch us!" When they flee and wander about, people among the nations say, "They can stay here no longer." NIV

[People] cried to them, Go away! Unclean! Depart! Depart! Touch not! When they fled away, then they wandered [as fugitives]; men said among the nations, They shall not stay here any longer. AMP

They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. KJV

Lamentations 4:4

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Because of thirst the infant's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth; the children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them. NIV

The tongue of the nursing babe cleaves to the roof of its mouth because of thirst; the young children beg for food, but no one gives it to them. AMP

The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them. KJV

Lamentations 4:17

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Moreover, our eyes failed, looking in vain for help; from our towers we watched for a nation that could not save us. NIV

As for us, our eyes yet failed and wasted away in looking for our worthless help. In our watching [on our watchtower] we have watched and waited expectantly for a nation [Egypt or some other one to come to our rescue] that could not save us. [Ezek. 29:16.] AMP

As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. KJV