16 and for your inheritance, for whose cause I mourn, for Israel, for whom I am heavy, and for the seed of Jacob, for whose sake I am troubled, (WEB)
2 Esdras 8:16
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3 Maccabees 6:2–4
2 “O king, mighty in power, most high, Almighty God, who regulates the whole creation with your tender mercy, (WEB) 3 look at the seed of Abraham, at the children of the sanctified Jacob, your sanctified inheritance, O Father, now being wrongfully destroyed as foreigner… (WEB)
Jeremiah 8:20–22
20 “The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.” 21 For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am crushed. I mourn; horror has gripped me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter…
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)
2 Esdras 10:38–40
38 He answered me, “Listen to me, and I will inform you, and tell you about the things you are afraid of, for the Most High has revealed many secret things to you. (WEB) 39 He has seen that your way is righteous, because you are continually sorry for your people, and make… (WEB)
Psalms of Solomon 2:14–16
14 And the daughters of Jerusalem were defiled in accordance with Thy judgement, Because they had defiled themselves with unnatural intercourse. (PSS) 15 I am pained in my bowels and my inward parts for these things. (PSS) 16 And yet I will justify Thee, O God, in uprightness of he… (PSS)
2 Baruch 81:1
1 But regarding consolation, hear ye the word. For I was mourning regarding Zion, and I prayed for mercy from the Most High, and I said: (2BA)
Lamentations 5:16–18
16 The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! 17 Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim— 18 because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.
Baruch 4:9–11
9 For she saw the wrath that came upon you from God, and said, “Listen, you who dwell near Zion; for God has brought upon me great mourning. (WEB) 10 For I have seen the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Everlasting has brought upon them. (WEB) 11 For with joy I nouris… (WEB)
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