I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
…saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.
Your wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me.
“Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. “Call me Mara, because the Almighty has dealt quite bitterly with me.
For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.
Alas for the day! For the Day of the LORD is near, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
Do not let your heart grow faint, and do not be afraid when the rumor is heard in the land; for a rumor will come one year—and then another the next year—of violence in the land and of ruler against ruler.