Sirach 50:25

²⁵ With two nations my soul is vexed, and the third is no nation: (WEB)

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Job 3:25–26

²⁵ For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me. ²⁶ I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”

Psalms 120:5–7

⁵ Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar! ⁶ Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace. ⁷ I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.

⁷ For I have endured scorn for Your sake, and shame has covered my face. ⁸ I have become a stranger to my brothers and a foreigner to my mother’s sons, ⁹ because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.

Jeremiah 15:9–11

⁹ The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put to the sword in the presence of their enemies,” declares the LORD. ¹⁰ Woe to me, my mother…

Sirach 24:6–8

⁶ In the waves of the sea, and in all the earth, and in every people and nation, I obtained a possession. (WEB) ⁷ With all these I sought rest. In whose inheritance shall I lodge? (WEB) ⁸ Then the Creator of all things gave me a command. He who created me made my tent to rest, a… (WEB)

Sirach 2:11–13

¹¹ For the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. He forgives sins and saves in time of affliction. (WEB) ¹² Woe to fearful hearts, to faint hands, and to the sinner who goes two ways! (WEB) ¹³ Woe to the faint heart! For it doesn’t believe. Therefore it won’t be defended. (WEB)

Job 9:32–34

³² For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court. ³³ Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both. ³⁴ Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.

Lamentations 5:2–4

² Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners. ³ We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows. ⁴ We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

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