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Jeremiah 14:17
You are to speak this word to them: Let my eyes overflow with tears; day and night may they not stop, for my dearest people have been destroyed by a crushing blow, an extremely severe wound.
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Joel 2:6
Nations writhe in horror before them; all faces turn pale.
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Nahum 2:10
Desolation, decimation, devastation! Hearts melt, knees tremble, insides churn, every face grows pale!
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Song of Solomon 1 5-Song of Solomon 1 6
Daughters of Jerusalem, I am dark like the tents of Kedar, yet lovely like the curtains of Solomon.Do not stare at me because I am dark, for the sun has gazed on me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me take care of the vineyards. I have not taken care of my own vineyard.
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Jeremiah 4:19
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in agony! Oh, the pain in my heart! My heart pounds; I cannot be silent. For you, my soul, have heard the sound of the ram’s horn— the shout of battle.
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Jeremiah 9:1
If my head were a flowing spring, my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night over the slain of my dear people.
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Romans 9:1-3
I speak the truth in Christ— I am not lying; my conscience testifies to me through the Holy Spirit—that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the benefit of my brothers and sisters, my own flesh and blood.
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Psalms 137:3-6
for our captors there asked us for songs, and our tormentors, for rejoicing:“ Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”How can we sing the LORD’s song on foreign soil?If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill.May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
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Luke 19:41
As he approached and saw the city, he wept for it,
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Jeremiah 17:16
But I have not run away from being your shepherd, and I have not longed for the fatal day. You know my words were spoken in your presence.
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Nehemiah 2:3
and replied to the king,“ May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”