Wisdom & Truth Verses

Zion spreadeth forth her hands, {and there is} none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, {that} his adversaries {should be} round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.

They have heard that I sigh: {there is} none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done {it}: thou wilt bring the day {that} thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me. {called: or, proclaimed}

Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs {are} many, and my heart {is} faint.

He hath cut off in {his} fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, {which} devoureth round about.

All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed {her} up: certainly this {is} the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen {it}.

The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain {them} in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, {and} not pitied.

Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD'S anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

I {am} the man {that} hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.

He hath led me, and brought {me into} darkness, but not {into} light.

Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand {against me} all the day.

My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.

He hath builded against me, and compassed {me} with gall and travail.