- there came:
- "Oh thatª my griefª were throughly²° weighed,ª° and my calamityª°² laidª° in the balancesª together!ª ... For¹ now¹ it would be heavierª° than the sandª¹ of the sea:ª therefore¹¹ my wordsª are swallowed up.ª°" {Job 6:2-3} + "He breakethª° me with breachª uponª¹ breach,ª he runnethª° upon¹ me like a giant.ª" {Job 16:14} + "He hath stripped²° me of¹¹¹ my glory,ª and takenª° the crownª [from] my head.ª ... He hath destroyedª° me on every side,ª and I am gone:²°¹ and mine hopeª hath he removedª° like a tree.ª" {Job 19:9-10} + "Even¹ to dayª [is] my complaintª bitter:ª my strokeª is heavierª° than¹ my groaning.ª" {Job 23:2} + "From the timeª¹ that it goeth forthª° it shall takeª° you: for¹ morningª by morningª shall it pass over,ª° by dayª and by night:ª and it shall be¹ a vexationª only¹ [to] understandª° the report.ª" {Isa 28:19} + "One postª° shall runª° to meetª° another,ª° and one messengerª° to meetª° another,ª° to shewª° the kingª of Babylonª that¹ his cityª is takenª° at [one] end,ª¹" {Jer 51:31} + "[Is it] nothing¹ to¹ you, all¹ ye that pass²° by?ª¹ behold,ª° and seeª° if¹ there beª any sorrowª like unto my sorrow,ª which¹ is doneª° unto me, wherewith¹ the LORDª hath afflictedª° [me] in the dayª of his fierceª anger.ª" {Lam 1:12} + "And I¹ also¹ have givenª° you cleannessª of teethª in all¹ your cities,ª and wantª of breadª in all¹ your places:ª yet have ye not¹ returnedª° unto¹ me, saithª° the LORD.ª ... I have overthrownª° [some] of you, as Godª overthrewª¹ Sodomª and Gomorrah,ª and ye were¹ as a firebrandª plucked¹ out²° of the burning:ª¹ yet have ye not¹ returnedª° unto¹ me, saithª° the LORD.ª" {Ams 4:6-11}
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