Lamentations 1:20
The Scripture
(20) Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
The chapter opens with a lament for Jerusalem, describing the city's desolation and the people's grief after God's fierce anger. It records that God has poured out his wrath, causing the destruction of the city and the exile of its people.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lamentations 1:9Lamentations 1:11Isaiah 38:14Lamentations 2:11Job 30:27Psalms 22:14Isaiah 16:11Jeremiah 4:19Jeremiah 31:20Jeremiah 48:36Hosea 11:8Habakkuk 3:16
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