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And behold, it came to pass that once I had received the vision that the Father had shown me, behold, I did weep for my people.
And I did weep for their sins and their hardheartedness.
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And behold, I did sing a song of Lament unto them. And I do record that song that all may see the beauty of Jerusalem. For behold, she is YHVHs, and YHVH does mourn for her desolation.
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Oh, city of Jerusalem, city of Salem, city of Peace.
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You had been cast out by your brother and trodden down by your friends. Great and marvelous you were still.
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Whipped and scourged you came out of sin, and out of bondage you did fly.
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And behold, though you went out, neither did you falter.
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Never did you cease to bless the name of your Elohim.
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For He had found you as a babe covered yet in blood, forsaken by all, and hated.
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And behold, He did take you and did bring you unto His home. And in His own basin did He wash you and cleanse you and dry you and clothe you.
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And behold, She did give you suck. And they did raise you and did make you their own.
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And great you became, like unto a princess of the east. And all did look upon you and wonder with awe. And great were your works in the land. For you did take the very shawl off your back and with it, did warm the poor.
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And you sought not but your parents will, for you knew that their will would bring about much good.
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And, in your youth, you did play with lambs, and did spend time with the lion.
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And, as a youth and a babe, you did place your hand, oh, with faith, upon the den of the cockatrice. For you knew not hurt.
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And behold, all the creatures of the field, great and small, were thine.
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And behold, you did honor your father and mother. And great were your blessings.
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And you did grow, even in the ways of your Father. And all who sought harm were yet fell, for none there were that could do you harm.
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Great were the gifts of your Father, for He did make you rich.
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And He did cover you in gold and fine silks, and your paths were as marble and your walls as granite.
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And mighty were your streets and your halls.
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Decked with ebony and with cedar.
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And you did smell like sage and olive. And meek were you as you waited for the crown.
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And behold the stars! Oh, can you see?
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you are one of them and arrayed like one of these.
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And as the sands, you did trust the waves that did come, for your Father sends them.
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And as grass you did wait upon the clouds which your Father would bring.
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In all your years you did trust your parents in all things.
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And it came to pass that your desires were great, and you did yearn for the day when your father wouldst bring unto you a man great and strong.
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That He might be an husband, and you his wife.
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In all things, oh daughter, did you wait. But in this you could not.
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For you were overcome with desire. And still your father asked you to wait.
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For he would bring unto you an one who could bring you all that you needed and more.
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Yet, you did see Egypt, arrayed in her gowns, for mighty was she, and her husband strong.
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And you did behold Moab and his many wives.
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And even you did behold Assyria, and he was your desire.
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And you did wait no longer upon the trust of your Father. Then you did partake.
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Unto Assyria your gold.
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Unto Moab your silk.
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Unto Babylon your bracers.
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Unto Ethiopia your crown.
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And your father did mourn, for you did sell your virtue unto all these.
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And yet, your desire was quenched not still.
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For unto all others did you go and promises you did make.
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And when your mother came calling you durst not go, for you know her voice, and you loved her still.
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You did hide yourself, oh daughter, and did flee into the arms of your many lovers.
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And they took you in and made you a queen.
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And decked you in silks and in gowns. Like unto Egypt you are arrayed!
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And you did worship your husband and did sit at his feet. Yet, jealous were you.
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For you did see him, that he spent his time with harlots.
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Therefore, you did go unto many others, and did spend your strength with them.
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All the while did your mother seek you.
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And you were arrayed like unto a queen, and you did rule.
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Nevertheless, did all the men see that you were not faithful, and were like unto one of their harlots.
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Therefore, they did plot against you.
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And they did plan to take back their silks and their crowns.
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And they did call unto you, and you did say, here am I!
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And they did stripe you and did ravish you and did take form you all.
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Cast out were you, and your father did mourn.
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And behold, there came an One, and He did find you.
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And he desired to help you, for he could see, you hadst been captured and beaten, and behold as a slave.
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And it seemed as if then that the very earth desired you to go unto him.
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Nevertheless, while he was yet with you, behold your lovers!
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For their harlots had fled and left them alone. Therefore, they sought you.
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And you did run into their arms, and they did promise you freedom, freedom from your slavery.
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Oh daughter, when will you learn?
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For you did mock that man who had come and did cast him out to scorn!
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And you did seek only after your lovers. And they said unto you: Remove that man, for he is unsightly. Do this, and you shall be as we. For we rule this world. Desire you this?
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And you did do their desires. For you and your lovers did remove this man.
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And glad were you, for you knew that you would now be as you once were.
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Behold the call of your mother.
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Yet, a fierce wind did come, and a gust mighty.
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And, in its strength did your lovers flee, leaving you alone to freeze in the cold.
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Oh daughter, I mourn.
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But behold, there is he!
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For there was but one who ventured in the cold for you.
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For he would not that your father should mourn.
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And behold, he did search for you. And behold, a whispering in your heart.
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And in that frozen waste did you go. Nevertheless, again came your lovers.
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But behold, your heart did swell, and you did turn from them.
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And you did leave their fine silks and golds.
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And behold, the wind did beat you, and the ice did lash you. Yet did you press.
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Oh daughter, hear your mothers call!
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And you did trip, but you did stand.
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Verily did the winds continue to smite you and did the tempest smite.
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But behold, you did come to a home, humble and small.
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In your desperation did you go. And you did knock. Still did the gales torment you.
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But behold, oh daughter, for you did knock. And then it was opened.
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And behold, standing there, that man whom you reviled, and behold, as a star he did shine.
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And you did fall on your face and see.
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And behold the wounds, oh daughter, canst you see?
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And says he: These are the wounds with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
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And then, oh daughter, did you weep. And you did mourn.
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But behold, oh child, he did take you in and did clean you and did dress you.
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And behold, your many wounds were healed, and you became as you were.
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And he did feed you. And he did feed you and did give you aught to drink.
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And then did He take you back home, even unto your father and your mother dear.
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And behold, at their door did you wait, for unfaithful you had been, and scared were you to behold your father.
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For you were greatly ashamed.
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Nevertheless, behold the man, for strong he was, and said:
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I have paid your debts and settled your scores. No more are you unworthy.
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And then you did weep, and did say:
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But I cast you out and mocked you and scorned. Why wouldst you do this thing for me?
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Then said the man: Because of your father and your mother whom I love.
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They desire again to be with you.
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And then, with great earnestness, you did cast down their door!
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And running they came to greet you, and all together you did weep, for you did return home.
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And then asked your father: Who arrayed you in these?
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And you did say: This man whom I love. For he did love me, and he did love you.
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And then together you did celebrate a wedding feast. For he became yours, and you became his.
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And your Father and your mother did rejoice.
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Then together did you walk, the gardens sing hymns of praise!
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And both were loyal and went out no more. For you did love him, and he did love you.
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Then, crowned you together, your father and mother, to take upon yourselves the kingdom and to reign.
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But behold, your lovers of old.
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For they were cast out and beaten and scourged.
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Then you went unto them, your husband and you, to lead them all home, for not would their fathers leave them alone.