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Isaiah 22:4

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22:4So I say:

“Don’t look at me!8

I am weeping bitterly.

Don’t try9 to console me

concerning the destruction of my defenseless people.”10

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Footnotes

  1. 8 Heb “look away from me” (so , , ).
  2. 9 Heb “don’t hurry” (so ).
  3. 10 Heb “the daughter of my people.” “Daughter” is here used metaphorically to express the speaker’s emotional attachment to his people, as well as their vulnerability and weakness.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Therefore I said:

“Look away from me;

let me weep bitter tears;

do not labor to comfort me

concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Therefore I said, “Turn away from me;

let me weep bitterly.

Do not try to console me

over the destruction of my people.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore I said,

“Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly!

Do not try to comfort me

about the destruction of my dear people.”

NLTNew Living Translation

That’s why I said, “Leave me alone to weep;

do not try to comfort me.

Let me cry for my people

as I watch them being destroyed.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore I said,

“Look away from me,

let me weep bitterly;

you must not insist on comforting me

for the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

KJV 1900King James Version

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.