Where Are Grain and Wine

Devastation and the Cry in the Night · Lamentations 2

Story guide: Visual essay for Lamentations 2:12. An anonymous mother supports a weary clothed small child beside empty grain bowl; compassionate non-graphic depiction, no speech lettering. This composition interprets the poem; it does not identify a historical participant or add an event.

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12They say to their mothers, “Where are grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their life is poured out into their mothers’ bosom.

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