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Isa. 51:19 KJV (With Strong’s)

These two things δare come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and ζdestruction, and the famine, and the sword: byc whom shall I comfort thee?

happened.

breaking.

Lam. 2:11‑13• ¹¹Mine eyes are consumed with tears, my bowels are troubled; my liver is poured upon the earth, because of the ruin of the daughter of my people; because infant and suckling swoon in the streets of the city.
¹²They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swoon as the wounded in the streets of the city; when they pour out their soul into their mothers' bosom.
¹³What shall I take to witness for thee? what shall I liken unto thee, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, virgin daughter of Zion? For thy ruin is great as the sea: who will heal thee? (Lam. 2:11‑13)

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Amos 7:2• ²And it came to pass, when they had wholly eaten the grass of the land, that I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small. (Amos 7:2)

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two things.

Isa. 47:9• ⁹yet these two things shall come upon thee in a moment, in one day, loss of children and widowhood; they shall come upon thee in full measure for the multitude of thy sorceries, for the great abundance of thine enchantments. (Isa. 47:9)

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Ezek. 14:21• ²¹For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the evil beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast! (Ezek. 14:21)

are come.

Heb. happened.

who shall.

Job 2:11• ¹¹And three friends of Job heard of all this evil that was come upon him. And they came each one from his place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him. (Job 2:11)

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Psa. 69:20• ²⁰Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. (Psa. 69:20)

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Jer. 9:17‑21• ¹⁷Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come;
¹⁸and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids pour forth waters.
¹⁹For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled, sorely put to shame! For we have forsaken the land, for they have cast down our dwellings.
²⁰Hear then the word of Jehovah, ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and each one her companion lamentation.
²¹For death is come up through our windows, is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from the street, the young men from the broadways. (Jer. 9:17‑21)

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Lam. 1:9,12,17• ⁹Her impurity was in her skirts, she remembered not her latter end; and she came down wonderfully: she hath no comforter. Jehovah, behold my affliction; for the enemy hath magnified himself.
¹²Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, whom Jehovah hath afflicted in the day of his fierce anger.
¹⁷Zion spreadeth forth her hands; there is none to comfort her; Jehovah hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him; Jerusalem is as an impurity among them. (Lam. 1:9,12,17)

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Amos 7:2• ²And it came to pass, when they had wholly eaten the grass of the land, that I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small. (Amos 7:2)

destruction.

Heb. breaking.

by whom.

Isa. 22:4• ⁴Therefore said I, Look away from me; let me weep bitterly: labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. (Isa. 22:4)

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Isa. 61:2• ²to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; (Isa. 61:2)

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Job 42:11• ¹¹And all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house, and they condoled with him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him; and every one gave him a piece of money, and every one a golden ring. (Job 42:11)

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Eccl. 4:1• ¹And I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, and they had no comforter. (Eccl. 4:1)

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Lam. 1:16• ¹⁶For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water: for the comforter that should revive my soul is far from me; my children are desolate, for the enemy hath prevailed. (Lam. 1:16)

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Amos 7:2• ²And it came to pass, when they had wholly eaten the grass of the land, that I said, O Lord Jehovah, forgive, I beseech thee! How shall Jacob arise? for he is small. (Amos 7:2)

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2 Cor. 7:6‑7,13• ⁶But he who encourages those that are brought low, even God, encouraged us by the coming of Titus;
⁷and not by his coming only, but also through the encouragement with which he was encouraged as to you; relating to us your ardent desire, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I the more rejoiced.
¹³For this reason we have been encouraged. And we the rather rejoiced in our encouragement more abundantly by reason of the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. (2 Cor. 7:6‑7,13)

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2 Thess. 2:16‑17• ¹⁶But our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us, and given us eternal consolation and good hope by grace,
¹⁷encourage your hearts, and establish you in every good work and word. (2 Thess. 2:16‑17)

J. N. Darby Translation

These two things are come unto thee; who will bemoan thee?—desolation and destruction, and famine and sword: howb shall I comfort thee?

JND Translation Notes

Or "by whom," but cf. Amos 7.2.