6 'Blessed is he who was not born, Or he, who having been born, has died. (2BA) 7 But as for us who live, woe unto us, Because we see the afflictions of Zion, And what has befallen Jerusalem. (2BA)
2 Baruch 10:6–7
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2 Baruch 35:2–4
2 'O that mine eyes were springs, And mine eyelids a fount of tears. (2BA) 3 For how shall I lament for Zion, And how shall I mourn for Jerusalem? (2BA) 4 Because in that place where I am now prostrate, Of old the high priest offered holy sacrifices, And placed thereon an incens… (2BA)
Lamentations 5:2–4
2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners. 3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows. 4 We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.
2 Enoch 41:2–3
2 'Woe is me for my infirmity and for that of my forefathers,' and thought in my, heart and said: (2EN) 3 'Blessed is the man who has not been born or who has been born and shall not sin before the Lord's face, that he come not into this place, nor bring the yoke of thi… (2EN)
2 Baruch 11:1–3
1 Moreover, I, Baruch, say this against thee, Babylon: If thou hadst prospered, And Zion had dwelt in her glory, Yet the grief to us had been great That thou shouldst be equal to Zion. (2BA) 2 But now, lo! the grief is infinite, And the lamentation measureless, For lo!… (2BA) 3 … (2BA)
Job 10:17–19
17 You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave. 18 Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me! 19 If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the…
Jeremiah 15:4–6
4 I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem. 5 Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare? 6 You have forsaken…
1 Maccabees 2:6–8
6 He saw the blasphemies that were committed in Judah and in Jerusalem, (WEB) 7 and he said, “Woe is me! Why was I born to see the destruction of my people and the destruction of the holy city, and to dwell there when it was given into the hand of the enemy, the sanctua… (WEB)
Book of Enoch 98:12–14
12 Woe to you who love the deeds of unrighteousness: wherefore do ye hope for good hap unto yourselves? know that ye shall be delivered into the hands of the righteous, and they shall cut off your necks and slay you, and have no mercy upon you. (ENO) 13 Woe to you who rej… (ENO)
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