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The Prophet Speaks Out: No One Offers Comfort

[a]“Look how deserted Jerusalem is!
    Once the city was crowded with people.
    Once it was important among the nations.
        Now it is a widow.
    Once it was a princess among the provinces.
        Now it does forced labor.
Jerusalem cries bitterly at night with tears running down its cheeks.
    Out of all those who love the city, no one offers it comfort.
    All of Jerusalem’s friends have betrayed it and become its enemies.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:1 Chapter 1 is a poem in Hebrew alphabetical order.

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