5 Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?
Jeremiah 15:5
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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)
2 Esdras 10:6–8
6 “You most foolish woman, don’t you see our mourning, and what has happened to us? (WEB) 7 For Zion the mother of us all is full of sorrow, and much humbled. (WEB) 8 It is right now to mourn deeply, since we all mourn, and to be sorrowful, since we are all in sorrow, but you ar… (WEB)
Lamentations 2:12–14
12 They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers. 13 What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what… 14 …
2 Baruch 10:6–8
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Isaiah 51:18–20
18 Among all the sons she bore, there is no one to guide her; among all the sons she brought up, there is no one to take her hand. 19 These pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you? 20 Your sons…
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18 If I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’” 19 Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us s…
Micah 4:8–10
8 And you, O watchtower of the flock, O stronghold of the Daughter of Zion— the former dominion will be restored to you; sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.” 9 Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so tha…
Psalms 44:23–25
23 Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever. 24 Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression? 25 For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
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