Jer 12:3-4, 14:2, Lam 1:2-4, Joe 1:10 | ESV | STEP | But you, O Lord , know me; you see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter , and set them apart for the day of slaughter .

Jeremiah 12:3-4

3 ^aBut you, O Lord, know me;
^byou see me, and test my heart toward you.
^cPull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
and set them apart for ^dthe day of slaughter.
4 ^eHow long will the land mourn
and the grass of every field wither?
^fFor the evil of those who dwell in it
^gthe beasts and the birds are swept away,
because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”

Jeremiah 14:2

2 ^h“Judah mourns,
and ⁱher gates languish;
her people lament on the ground,
and ^jthe cry of Jerusalem goes up.

Lamentations 1:2-4

2 ^kShe weeps bitterly in the night,
with tears on her cheeks;
^lamong all her lovers
she has ^mnone to comfort her;
ⁿall her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
they have become her enemies.
3 ^oJudah has gone into exile because of affliction
and hard servitude;
^pshe dwells now among the nations,
^qbut finds no resting place;
her pursuers have all overtaken her
in the midst of her distress. ^{▼▼Or in the narrow passes}
4 The roads to Zion mourn,
for none come to ^sthe festival;
^tall her gates are desolate;
her priests ^ugroan;
her virgins have been afflicted, ^{▼▼Septuagint, Old Latin dragged away}
and she herself suffers bitterly.

Joel 1:10

10 The fields are destroyed,
^wthe ground mourns,
because ^xthe grain is destroyed,
^ythe wine dries up,
the oil languishes.