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Lamentations 1:22

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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.
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  1. Jeremiah 8:18Rank 1 from verse 22
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    18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

  2. Revelation 6:10Rank 2 from verse 22
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    10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

  3. Psalms 109:14–15Rank 3 from verse 22
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    14Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.

    15Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.

  4. Nehemiah 4:4–5Rank 4 from verse 22
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    4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

    5And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders.

  5. Ephesians 3:13Rank 5 from verse 22
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    13Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

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Lamentations 1:22

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

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hast

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Sense 1: Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

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faint

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1. Weak or failing in heart, spirit, or mind; to lose courage or cease to persevere. 2. Weak, weary, or exhausted in bodily strength; to become weak or exhausted.

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21They 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.

22Let 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.

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