“Even the jackals offer the breast, they nurse their young ones, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.”
Poetic mourning over Jerusalem's destruction.
Old Testament • Book #25
ALEPH How the gold has become dim! How the most pure gold has changed! The stones of the sanctuary a...
Lamentations 4:2The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How they are regarded as clay jars, the work of ...
Lamentations 4:4The nursing infant's tongue sticks to the roof of his mouth for thirst. The young children ask for b...
Lamentations 4:5Those who ate delicacies are destitute in the streets. Those who were brought up in purple embrace a...
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