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You shall keep and do them, (A)for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’

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Zion Lays Desolate

Aleph

How (A)lonely sits the city
That was (B)great with people!
She has become like a (C)widow
Who was once (D)great among the nations!
She who was a princess among the [a]provinces
Has become a (E)forced laborer!

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:1 Or districts

14 Then your (A)name went forth among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was (B)perfect because of My majesty which I set on you,” declares Lord Yahweh.

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