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ὁδοὶ σιων πενθοῦσιν παρὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι ἐρχομένους ἐν ἑορτῇ πᾶσαι αἱ πύλαι αὐτῆς ἠφανισμέναι οἱ ἱερεῖς αὐτῆς ἀναστενάζουσιν αἱ παρθένοι αὐτῆς ἀγόμεναι καὶ αὐτὴ πικραινομένη ἐν ἑαυτῇ
Lamentations 1:4
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)
