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αμαρτιαν ημαρτεν ιερουσαλημ δια τουτο εις σαλον εγενετο παντες οι δοξαζοντες αυτην εταπεινωσαν αυτην ειδον γαρ την ασχημοσυνην αυτης και γε αυτη στεναζουσα και απεστραφη οπισω
Lamentations 1:8
The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 119
119. Internal Meaning of Lamentations (11)
1-3 The church and its doctrine from the Word, which had been dominant, but now enslaved and laid waste. (3)
4-5 All of its truths and goods are perverted. (3, 16)
6 There is no power against the hells. (3)
7-11 All things of the church have been devastated, and hence it is in evils and falsities. (3)
Lamentations 1:17
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Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them.
