Isaiah 22:4
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Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
In other translations
Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
Hebrew words
עַל־'al-there-H5921כֵּןken-foreH3651אָמַרְתִּי'amartiI saidH559שְׁעוּshe'ulook awayH8159מִנִּיminifrom meH4480אֲמָרֵר'amarerI will show bitternessH4843בַּבֶּכִיbabekhiwith <the> weepingH1065אַל־'al-may notH408תָּאִיצוּta'itzuyou insistH213לְנַחֲמֵנִיlenachamenito comfort meH5162עַל־'al-onH5921שֹׁדshod[the] devastation ofH7701בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323עַמִּי׃'amipeople myH5971
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