The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity.
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Interpretation
Jerusalem, sitting dejected on the ground, calls on those that passed by, to consider whether her example did not concern them. Her outward sufferings were great, but her inward sufferings were harder to bear, through the sense of guilt.
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This thought runs through Lamentations 1:18-22.
Glossary
- Jerusalem Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.