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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
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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
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)
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Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.