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SONGS OF EXILE
THE PROPHET
JEREMIAH
AND THE
PERSONIFICATION OF ISRAEL
This poem is attributed to Elasar ben Kalir.
Stanza 1, line 1, "Tirzah," Song of Songs vi, 4; line 5, "Hilkiah's son," Jeremiah.
Stanza 2, line 2, Isaiah xxx, 15; line 8, Isaiah xix, 24; line 9, Psalm cxxii, 4; line 10, the six hundred thousand redeemed from Egypt.
Stanza 3, line 5, Jeremiah xxxi, 21.
Stanza 4, line 12, Lamentations i, 1.
