3 For how shall I lament for Zion, And how shall I mourn for Jerusalem? (2BA)
2 Baruch 35:3
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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…
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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)
Jeremiah 14:1–3
1 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: 2 “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. 3 The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water…
2 Baruch 31:3–5
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Jeremiah 49:24–26
24 Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor. 25 How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy? 26 For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warri…
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