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Yahuah covered the daughter of Tziyon with a cloud in His anger and cast the beauty of Yisra'el from heaven to earth.
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He swallowed the dwellings of Yaaqov, tore down strongholds, and profaned kingdom and rulers.
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In burning anger He cut off every horn of Yisra'el and drew back His right hand before the enemy.
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He bent His bow like an adversary and poured out wrath like fire in the tent of the daughter of Tziyon.
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He became like an enemy, swallowing palaces and strongholds and multiplying mourning in Yehudah.
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He removed His sukkah, destroyed the appointed place, and caused feast and Shabbat to be forgotten in Tziyon.
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He rejected altar and Sanctuary and delivered the walls of her palaces into enemy hands.
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He determined to destroy the wall of Tziyon and caused rampart and wall to mourn together.
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Her gates sank into the earth; her king and rulers are among the nations, Torah is absent, and prophets find no vision.
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The elders of Tziyon sit on the ground in silence with dust on their heads and sackcloth around them.
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The prophet's eyes are spent with tears because infants faint in the streets.
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Children ask their mothers for grain and wine while their being is poured out on their mothers' bosom.
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The breach of Yerushalayim is great like the sea; who can heal her?
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Her prophets saw empty visions and failed to uncover her crookedness so that captivity might turn.
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Those passing by clap, hiss, and shake their heads at the city once called perfection of beauty.
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Her enemies open their mouths and say that the day they waited for has arrived.
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Yahuah fulfilled His ancient Word, tearing down and exalting the horn of her adversaries.
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The wall of Tziyon is called to let tears flow day and night without rest.
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The people are told to cry in the night and pour out their heart before Yahuah for their little ones.
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They ask whether women should eat the children they carried and whether kohen and prophet should be slain in the Sanctuary.
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Young and old lie in the streets; maidens and young men have fallen by the sword.
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Terrors were called from every side, and none escaped in the day of Yahuah's anger.