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Lamentations 1:20

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE

Look at me, God — I'm completely falling apart. My stomach is in knots, my heart feels like it's being turned inside out. I know I messed up big time and this is on me. Out in the streets, people are dying from violence. Back home, it feels like death everywhere I look.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes the weight of our choices hits different when everything around us is falling apart.

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