Lamentations 1:20
“Repentance came by John, grace by Christ. He, as the Lord, gives the one; the other is proclaimed, as it were, by the servant. The church, then, keeps both that it may attain to grace and not cast away repentance, for grace is the gift of One who confers it; repentance is the remedy of the sinner.Jeremiah knew that pe…”
Source: Septuagint
20Behold, O Lord; for I am afflicted: My belly is troubled, And my heart is turned within me; For I have been grievously rebellious: Abroad the sword has bereaved me, Even as death at home.
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18The Lord is righteous; For I have provoked his mouth: Hear, I pray you, all people, And behold my grief: My virgins and my young men Are gone into captivity.
19I called my lovers, But they deceived me: My priests and my elders Failed in the city; For they sought meat That they might restore their souls, And found it not.
— Lamentations 1:20 —
21Hear, I pray you, for I groan: There is none to comfort me: All mine enemies have heard of mine afflictions, And rejoice because thou hast done it: Thou hast brought on the day, Thou hast called the time: They are become like to me.
22Let all their wickedness come before thy face; And strip them, as they have made a gleaning for all my sins: For my groans are many, And my heart is grieved.