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Poetic visual interpretation: An old heavy stone rests on a newer worn path, inherited burden as disclosed metaphor, no literal child under weight.
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Lamentations 5:7

Bearing Our Fathers' Iniquities

Remember Us and Restore Us · Lamentations 5

Story guide: Visual essay for Lamentations 5:7. An old heavy stone rests on a newer worn path, inherited burden as disclosed metaphor, no literal child under weight. This composition interprets the poem; it does not identify a historical participant or add an event.

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7Our fathers sinned, and they are no more; but we bear their iniquities.

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