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THE LAMENTATIONS

OF JEREMIAH

LAMENTATIONS

Psalms, Isaiah, Haggai, Zechariah

Our holy and beautiful house,
Where our fathers praised thee,
Is burned with fire;

And all our pleasant places
Are laid waste.

The ways of Zion do mourn,

Because none come to the solemn feasts.
Her gates are sunk into the ground;

Her bars are sunken and destroyed.

Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory?

And how do ye see it now?

Is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?

All that pass by clap their hands;

They wag their head, and say,

Is this the house that men called The perfection

of beauty,

The joy of the whole earth?

How is the gold become dim!

How is the most pure gold changed!

For these things weep I;

Yea, mine eye runneth down with water.

Wherefore I said, Surely I will not come into my house,

Nor go up into my bed;

I will not suffer mine eyes to sleep,
Nor mine eyelids to slumber,

Until I find out a place for the Lord,

A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob.

Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked,

And, behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Then said I, Whither goest thou?

And he said unto me, To measure the house,
To see what is the breadth thereof,

And what is the length thereof.
For my house shall be builded,

And a line shall be stretched forth upon it.
Who art thou, O great mountain?

Before the builders thou shalt become a plain: And they shall bring forth the cornerstone therefrom with joy,

Crying, Grace, grace unto it!

And thou shalt rejoice to see the plummet in the hands of the builders.

Wherefore be strong, all ye people, saith the
Lord, and work:

For I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts.
This house shall be builded,

And this place will I fill with my glory.

The silver is mine, and the gold is mine:

The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former,

And in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of hosts.

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LAMENTATIONS III

It is of the Lord's lovingkindnesses that we are

not cast down,

Because his compassions fail not.
They are new every morning;

Great is thy faithfulness.

The Lord is my portion, saith my soul;

Therefore will I hope in him.

The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, To the soul that seeketh him.

It is good that a man should both hope

And quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord will not cast off,

No, not for ever.

But though he cause grief,

Yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.

For he doth not afflict willingly,

Nor grieve the children of men.

To crush under foot all the prisoners of the earth,

To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,

To subvert a man in his cause:
These the Lord approveth not.
Let us search and try our ways,
And turn again to the Lord.

Let us lift up our heart with our hands
Unto God in the heavens.

THE BOOK OF EZEKIEL

EZEKIEL XIV, XVIII

Son of man, what mean ye, that ye have this proverb in the land, saying, The fathers ate sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? As I live, saith the Lord God, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb. Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: each one shall bear his own sins.

But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, and hath not wronged any, hath taken nought by robbery, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; he that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true justice between man and man, hath walked in my stautes, and hath kept mine ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, it shall surely be well with him, saith the Lord.

If now he have a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth any of these things, and that doeth not any of those duties, but hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery; shall he then be delivered from his iniquity because of the righteousness of his father? As I live, saith the Lord, though his father were Noah, or Daniel, or Job, he should deliver but his own soul by his righteousness!

Now, lo, if this son also have a son, that seeth all his father's sins, and considereth, and doeth not such like; that hath not wronged any, neither hath taken by robbery, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; that hath executed mine ordinances, and hath walked in the statutes of life; shall he then be condemned because of the iniquities of his father? As I live, saith the Lord, though his father were even as wicked Cain, yet shall not the righteous son fall thereby!

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Are not my ways just? saith the Lord. righteousness of the father shall not deliver the son, in the day that the son committeth iniquity; neither shall the wickedness of the father condemn the son, in the day that the son doeth righteousness. For every man shall bear his own iniquity: the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. For I will judge you one by one, saith the Lord, and every one according to his ways.

EZEKIEL XVIII, XXXIII

Son of man, speak unto the children of thy people and say unto them, I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord. If the wicked turn from all his sins which he hath committed, and keep all my *atutes, and do that which is lawful and right,

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