“Zion spreads forth her hands; there is none to comfort her. The Lord has commanded concerning Jacob, that those who are around him should be his adversaries. Jerusalem is among them as an unclean thing.”
Poetic mourning over Jerusalem's destruction.
Old Testament • Book #25
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