“Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations where the law is no more, and her prophets find no vision from the Lord.”
Poetic mourning over Jerusalem's destruction.
Old Testament • Book #25
The Lord has rejected his altar, he has disowned his sanctuary, and has given up into the hand of th...
Lamentations 2:8The Lord has determined to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out the line, ...
Lamentations 2:10The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have cast up dust on their hea...
Lamentations 2:11My eyes are worn out from weeping, my stomach is churning. My heart is poured on the earth, because ...
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