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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 do fill with tears, my bowels are troubled,{HR}My liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people;{HR}Because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
¹²They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine?{HR}When they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city,{HR}When their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom.
¹³What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee,{HR}O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee,{HR}O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? (Lam. 2:11‑13)

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Amos 7:2• ²{i}And 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.{/i} (Amos 7:2)

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two things.

Isa. 47:9• ⁹But these two [things] shall come to thee in a moment in one day, loss of children, and widowhood: in full measure shall they come upon thee, in spite of the multitude of thy sorceries, of 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 noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? (Ezek. 14:21)

are come.

Heb. happened.

who shall.

Job 2:11• ¹¹Now three friends of Job heard of all this evil that was come upon him, and they came each from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn 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;{HR}And I looked for mourning, and [there was] none,{HR}And for comforters, and found none. (Psa. 69:20)

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Jer. 9:17‑21• ¹⁷{i}Thus 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;{/i}
¹⁸{i}and 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.{/i}
¹⁹{i}For 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.{/i}
²⁰{i}Hear 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.{/i}
²¹{i}For 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.{/i} (Jer. 9:17‑21)

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Lam. 1:9,12,17• ⁹Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end;{HR}Therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter.{HR}O Jehovah, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
¹²Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by?{HR}Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow,{HR}Which is done unto me, wherewith Jehovah hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.
¹⁷Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her:{HR}Jehovah hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him:{HR}Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. (Lam. 1:9,12,17)

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Amos 7:2• ²{i}And 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.{/i} (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 for 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 there came unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintance, and ate bread with him in his house, and condoled with him, and comforted him over all the evil which Jehovah had brought upon him; and they gave him each a kesitah, and each a ring of gold. (Job 42:11)

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Eccl. 4:1• ¹Then I returned and saw all the oppressions{HR}That are done under the sun:{HR}And behold, the tears of such as were oppressed,{HR}And they had no comforter;{HR}And on the side of their oppressors there was power,{HR}But 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,{HR}Because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me:{HR}My children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. (Lam. 1:16)

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Amos 7:2• ²{i}And 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.{/i} (Amos 7:2)

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2 Cor. 7:6‑7,13• ⁶But he that encourageth the lowly, God, encouraged us by the coming of Titus,
⁷and not by his coming only but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged in your case, declaring to us your longing desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I the more rejoiced.
¹³On this account we have been encouraged; but d in our comfort we rejoiced the more exceedingly over the joy of Titus, because his spirit hath 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 God our Father, that loved us and gave everlasting encouragement and good hope through grace,
¹⁷encourage your hearts and stablish 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.

W. Kelly Translation

These two [things] are befallen thee; who will bemoan thee? desolation and destruction, and famine and sword; how shall I comfort thee?