“Judah has gone into exile because of affliction and harsh servitude; she dwells among the nations, she finds no rest: all her persecutors overtook her in the midst of her distress.”
Poetic mourning over Jerusalem's destruction.
Old Testament • Book #25
ALEPH How the city sits solitary, that was full of people! She has become as a widow, who was great ...
Lamentations 1:2She weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks; among all her lovers she has none ...
Lamentations 1:4The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly; all her gates are desolate, he...
Lamentations 1:5Her adversaries have become the head, her enemies prosper; for the Lord has afflicted her for the mu...
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