15 Whenever Israel went out to fight, the hand of the Lord was against them(A) to defeat them, just as he had sworn to them. They were in great distress.(B)

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15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

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But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;(A)
    it strikes(B) you, and you are dismayed.(C)

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But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

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Does it please you to oppress me,(A)
    to spurn the work of your hands,(B)
    while you smile on the plans of the wicked?(C)

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Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

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[a]I am the man who has seen affliction(A)
    by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem; the verses of each stanza begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet, and the verses within each stanza begin with the same letter.

I Am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

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