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Poetic visual interpretation: An empty house doorway frames a deserted street, dim interior and bleak exterior, no violent action.
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Lamentations 1:20

Distress Within and Without

The City Weeps Alone · Lamentations 1

Story guide: An empty house doorway frames a deserted street, dim interior and bleak exterior. Inner turmoil and danger outside leave no refuge.

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20Look, O Yahweh, for I am in distress; my inward parts are churning; my heart is overturned within me, because I have been very rebellious. Outside the sword bereaves; inside the house it is like death.

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