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HaSefarim™ · Work ID 6a9ddb60ba4aa6e77a361be8 · Chapter ID 6a9ddb60d9e05f87715a5889 · Canonical title Sefer Galut veShivat Yisra’el miBavel · Publication status published
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The captives were gathered in chains.
Elders, children, craftsmen, rulers, servants, and ordinary households were driven from the land.
Those who had mocked the warning now saw the roads filled with the exiled.
Yirmeyahu watched the people depart and wept.
Some asked, “Where is the Elohim of our fathers?”
Yirmeyahu answered, “He is not absent. This is the consequence He warned you about. Seek Him even in the land of captivity.”