Verse 20
Jeremiah 22:20
New Living Translation
20
Weep for your allies in Lebanon.<br>Shout for them in Bashan.<br>Search for them in the regions east of the river.<br>See, they are all destroyed.<br>Not one is left to help you.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
עֲלִ֤י הַ/לְּבָנוֹן֙ וּֽ/צְעָ֔קִי וּ/בַ/בָּשָׁ֖ן תְּנִ֣י קוֹלֵ֑/ךְ וְ/צַֽעֲקִי֙ מֵֽ/עֲבָרִ֔ים כִּ֥י נִשְׁבְּר֖וּ כָּל מְאַהֲבָֽיִ/ךְ
English Translation
Go up to Lebanon and cry out, and in Bashan lift up your voice and cry out from the other side, for all your lovers have been broken.
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Chapter 22 Context
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
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14
He says, ‘I will build a magnificent palace<br>with huge rooms and many windows.<br>I will panel it...
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16
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17
“But you! You have eyes only for greed and dishonesty!<br>You murder the innocent,<br>oppress the po...
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18
Therefore, this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah: “The people will not mour...
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19
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20
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21
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22
And now the wind will blow away your allies.<br>All your friends will be taken away as captives.<br>...
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23
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24
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“Why is this man Jehoiachin like a discarded, broken jar?<br>Why are he and his children to be exile...
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29
O earth, earth, earth!<br>Listen to this message from the LORD!<br>
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