Graphic Bible · Scene 18 of 20

Sober anonymous clothed adults with lowered heads arriving together beside an empty festive courtyard and closed unlettered offering baskets, no celebration yet.
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Zephaniah 3:18

The Grieving Gathered

From the Oppressing City to Songs of Restoration · Zephaniah 3

Story guide: The gathered mourners evoke grief over the appointed festival; their exact setting is editorial interpretation.

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18I have gathered those grieving over the appointed festival—they were from you; reproach was a burden upon her.

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