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Poetic visual interpretation: Water tracks down a ruined wall into a narrow stream, night-to-dawn muted light, metaphor of unceasing lament.
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Lamentations 2:18

Tears Like a Stream

Devastation and the Cry in the Night · Lamentations 2

Story guide: Visual essay for Lamentations 2:18. Water tracks down a ruined wall into a narrow stream, night-to-dawn muted light, metaphor of unceasing lament. This composition interprets the poem; it does not identify a historical participant or add an event.

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18Their heart cried out to the Lord, O wall of daughter Zion: let tears run down like a stream day and night; give yourself no relief; let not the apple of your eye rest.

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