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The woman whom you saw is Zion, which you now behold as a city being built.
45
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.
46
And after three thousand years Solomon built the city, and offered offerings; then it was that the barren woman bore a son.
47
And as for her telling you that she brought him up with much care, that was the period of residence in Jerusalem.
48
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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