The Lamentations of Jeremiah: V

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn -Jeremia treurend over de verwoesting van Jeruzalem

A Prayer for Mercy

Remember, O Lord, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.

Our necks are under persecution: . . . → Read More: The Lamentations of Jeremiah: V