Misery

For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”

So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”

So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.

For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.

In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.

Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.

…ruin and misery lie in their wake,

Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.