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Let no man rejoice over me, a widow, and desolate: I am forsaken of many for the sins of my children, because they departed from the law of God.
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And they have not known his justices, nor walked by the ways of God's commandments, neither have they entered by the paths of his truth and justice.
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Let them that dwell about Sion come, and remember the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Eternal hath brought upon them.
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For he hath brought a nation upon them from afar, a wicked nation, and of a strange tongue:
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Who have neither reverenced the ancient, nor pitied children, and have carried away the beloved of the widow, and have left me all alone without children.
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But as for me, what help can I give you?
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But he that hath brought the evils upon you, he will deliver you out of the hands of your enemies.
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Go your way, my children, go your way: for I am left alone.
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I have put off the robe of peace, and have put upon me the sackcloth of supplication, and I will cry to the most High in my days.
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Be of good comfort, my children, cry to the Lord, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the princes your enemies.
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For my hope is in the Eternal that he will save you: and joy is come upon me from the Holy One, because of the mercy which shall come to you from our everlasting Saviour.