3
And it came to pass, when they had all left off comforting me to the end I might be quiet, then I rose up by night and fled, and came hither into this field, as thou seest.
4
And I do now purpose not to return into the city, but here to stay, and neither to eat nor drink, but continually to mourn and to fast until I die."
5
Then left I the meditations wherein I was, and spoke to her in anger, saying,
6
"Thou foolish woman above all others, seest thou not our mourning, and what happeneth unto us?
7
How that Zion our mother is full of all heaviness, and much humbled, mourning very sorely?
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.