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For out of her came all at the first, and out of her shall all others come, and, behold, they walk
almost all into destruction, and a multitude of them is utterly rooted out.
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Who then should make more mourning than she, that hath lost so great a multitude; and not
thou, which art sorry but for one?
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But if thou sayest unto me, My lamentation is not like the earth's, because I have lost the fruit
of my womb, which I brought forth with pains, and bare with sorrows;
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But the earth not so: for the multitude present in it according to the course of the earth is gone,
as it came:
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Then say I unto thee, Like as thou hast brought forth with labour; even so the earth also hath
given her fruit, namely, man, ever since the beginning unto him that made her.
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Now therefore keep thy sorrow to thyself, and bear with a good courage that which hath
befallen thee.
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For if thou shalt acknowledge the determination of God to be just, thou shalt both receive thy
son in time, and shalt be commended among women.
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Go thy way then into the city to thine husband.
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And she said unto me, That will I not do: I will not go into the city, but here will I die.
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So I proceeded to speak further unto her, and said,
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Do not so, but be counselled. by me: for how many are the adversities of Sion? be comforted
in regard of the sorrow of Jerusalem.
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For thou seest that our sanctuary is laid waste, our altar broken down, our temple destroyed;
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Our psaltery is laid on the ground, our song is put to silence, our rejoicing is at an end, the
light of our candlestick is put out, the ark of our covenant is spoiled, our holy things are defiled,
and the name that is called upon us is almost profaned: our children are put to shame, our priests
are burnt, our Levites are gone into captivity, our virgins are defiled, and our wives ravished; our
righteous men carried away, our little ones destroyed, our young men are brought in bondage, and
our strong men are become weak;
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And, which is the greatest of all, the seal of Sion hath now lost her honour; for she is delivered
into the hands of them that hate us.
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And therefore shake off thy great heaviness, and put away the multitude of sorrows, that the
Mighty may be merciful unto thee again, and the Highest shall give thee rest and ease from thy
labour.
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And it came to pass while I was talking with her, behold, her face upon a sudden shined
exceedingly, and her countenance glistered, so that I was afraid of her, and mused what it might
be.
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And, behold, suddenly she made a great cry very fearful: so that the earth shook at the noise
of the woman.
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