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Title: The art Bible, comprising the Old and new Testaments : with numerous illustrations
Year: 1896 (1890s)
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Subjects: Bible
Publisher: London : G. Newnes
Contributing Library: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
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entation. 6 And he hath violently taken away histabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hathdestroyed his places of the assembly: theLord hath caused the solemn feasts andsabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hathdespised in the indignation of his anger theking and the priest. 7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, he hathabhorred his sanctuary, he hath given upinto the hand of the enemy the walls ofher palaces; they have made a noise in thehouse of the Lord, as in the day of a solemnfeast. 8 The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wallof the daughter of Zion: he hath stretchedout a line, he hath not withdiawn his handfrom destroying: therefore he made the ram-part and the wall to lament; they languishedtogether. 9 Her gates are sunk into the ground; hehath destroyed and broken her bars: herking and her princes are among the Gentiles:the law is no more; her prophets also find novision from the Lord. 10 The elders of the daughter of Zion situpon the ground, and keep silence: they have 885
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Photo by Masoti Good THE WALL OF WAILING,Jerusalem. 886 JeremiaKs complaint to God. LAMENTATIONS 3. cast up dust upon their heads; they havegirded themselves with sackcloth : the virginsof Jerusalem hang down their heads to theground. 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowelsare troubled, my liver is poured upon theearth, for the destruction of the daughterof my people; because the children and thesucklings swoon in the streets of the city. 12 They say to their mothers, Where iscorn and wine 1 when they swooned as thewounded in the streets of the city, whentheir soul was poured out into their mothersbosom. 13 What thing shall I take to witness forthee ? what thing shall I liken to thee, Odaughter of Jerusalem 1 what shall I equalto thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgindaughter of Zion ? for thy breach is greatlike the sea: who can heal thee 1 14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolishthings for thee: and they have not discoveredthine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity;but have se

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