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Deuteronomy 28:41
You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will be taken prisoner.
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Joel 3:6
You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks to remove them far from their own territory.
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2 Chronicles 29 9
Our fathers fell by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity because of this.
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Psalms 119:82
My eyes grow weary looking for what you have promised; I ask,“ When will you comfort me?”
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Psalms 119:123
My eyes grow weary looking for your salvation and for your righteous promise.
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Nehemiah 5:2-5
Some were saying,“ We, our sons, and our daughters are numerous. Let us get grain so that we can eat and live.”Others were saying,“ We are mortgaging our fields, vineyards, and homes to get grain during the famine.”Still others were saying,“ We have borrowed money to pay the king’s tax on our fields and vineyards.We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
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Job 17:5
If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.
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Job 11:20
But the sight of the wicked will fail. Their way of escape will be cut off, and their only hope is their last breath.
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Lamentations 2:11
My eyes are worn out from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief because of the destruction of my dear people, because infants and nursing babies faint in the streets of the city.
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Psalms 69:3
I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
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Micah 4:10
Writhe and cry out, Daughter Zion, like a woman in labor, for now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the LORD will redeem you from the grasp of your enemies!
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Amos 5:27
So I will send you into exile beyond Damascus.” The LORD, the God of Armies, is his name. He has spoken.
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Deuteronomy 28:18
Your offspring will be cursed, and your land’s produce, the young of your herds, and the newborn of your flocks.
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Jeremiah 15:7-9
I scattered them with a winnowing fork at the city gates of the land. I made them childless; I destroyed my people. They would not turn from their ways.I made their widows more numerous than the sand of the seas. I brought a destroyer at noon against the mother of young men. I suddenly released on her agitation and terrors.The mother of seven grew faint; she breathed her last breath. Her sun set while it was still day; she was ashamed and humiliated. The rest of them I will give over to the sword in the presence of their enemies.” This is the LORD’s declaration.
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Ezekiel 24:25
“ As for you, son of man, know that on that day I will take from them their stronghold— their pride and joy, the delight of their eyes, and the longing of their hearts— as well as their sons and daughters.
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Isaiah 38:14
I chirp like a swallow or a crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; support me.
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Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, Moab! You have been destroyed, people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon the Amorite king.
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Lamentations 5:17
Because of this, our heart is sick; because of these, our eyes grow dim:
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Jeremiah 16:2-4
“ Do not marry or have sons or daughters in this place.For this is what the LORD says concerning sons and daughters born in this place as well as concerning the mothers who bear them and the fathers who father them in this land:They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried but will be like manure on the soil’s surface. They will be finished off by sword and famine. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the wild animals of the land.
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Lamentations 4:17
All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help; we watched from our towers for a nation that would not save us.
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Deuteronomy 28:65
You will find no peace among those nations, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despondent spirit.