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Poetic visual interpretation: One anonymous fully clothed grieving figure seen from behind at the edge of a vast empty courtyard; no specific identity.
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Lamentations 1:16

The Comforter Is Far

The City Weeps Alone · Lamentations 1

Story guide: Visual essay for Lamentations 1:16. One anonymous fully clothed grieving figure seen from behind at the edge of a vast empty courtyard; no specific identity. This composition interprets the poem; it does not identify a historical participant or add an event.

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16For these things I am weeping; my eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter who restores my soul is far from me. My children have become desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.

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