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Jerusalem Cries over Her Destruction

Jerusalem once was full of people.
    But now the city is empty.
Jerusalem once was a great city among the nations.
    But now she[a] has become like a widow.
She was like a queen of all the other cities.
    But now she is a slave.

She cries loudly at night.
    Tears are on her cheeks.
There is no one to comfort her.
    All her lovers are gone.
All her friends have turned against her.
    They have become her enemies.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1 she In this poem the city of Jerusalem is described as a woman.

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