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The woman who appeared to you a little while ago, whom you saw mourning and whom you began to console
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(you do not now see the form of a woman, but there appeared to you a city being built)
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and who told you about the misfortune of her son—this is the interpretation:
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The woman whom you saw is Zion, which you now behold as a city being built.
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And as for her telling you that she was barren for thirty years, the reason is that there were three thousand years in the world before any offering was offered in it.
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And after three thousand years Solomon built the city, and offered offerings; then it was that the barren woman bore a son.
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And as for her telling you that she brought him up with much care, that was the period of residence in Jerusalem.
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And as for her saying to you, "My son died as he entered his wedding chamber,' and that misfortune had overtaken her, this was the destruction that befell Jerusalem.
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So you saw her likeness, how she mourned for her son, and you began to console her for what had happened.
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For now the Most High, seeing that you are sincerely grieved and profoundly distressed for her, has shown you the brilliance of her glory, and the loveliness of her beauty.
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Therefore I told you to remain in the field where no house had been built,