Lamentações 3:6

⁶ Fez-me habitar em lugares tenebrosos, como os que estavam mortos há muito.

Deuteronômio 4:30

³⁰ Quando estiveres em angústia, e todas estas coisas te alcançarem, então nos últimos dias voltarás para o Senhor teu Deus, e ouvirás a sua voz;

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.