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THE
LAMENTATIONS
OF JEREMIAH
- HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!
- How is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations,
- And princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!
- She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks:
- Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her:
- All her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
- Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude:
- She dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest:
- All her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
- The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts:
- All her gates are desolate: her priests sigh,
- Her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
- Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper;
- For the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions:
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