Lamentations 2:10

¹⁰ The responsible men of the daughter of Zion are seated on the earth without a word; they have put dust on their heads, they are clothed in haircloth: the heads of the virgins of Jerusalem are bent down to the earth.

The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms #120

120. Internal Meaning of Lamentations, Chapter 2

1-9 Because all truths and goods have been destroyed, that church has been rejected by the Lord, and there is damnation. (3)

10-12 Grievous mourning of the church on account of the devastation. (3)

13-15 The church has no conjunction with the Lord, because it is wholly perverted, and hence rejected. (3)

16-17 Evils prevail. (3)

18-22 Lamentation of the church over her devastation. (3)

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.