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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Lamentations 2:10

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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elders: Lam 4:5, Lam 4:16, Lam 5:12, Lam 5:14; Job 2:13; Isa 3:26, Isa 47:1, Isa 47:5 sit: Sitting on the ground was a posture of mourning and deep distress. Hence the coin struck by Vespasian, on the capture of Jerusalem, has on the obverse side a palm tree, the emblem of Judea, and under it a woman, the emblem of Jerusalem, sitting down, with her elbow on her knee, and her head supported by her hand, with the legend Judea capta. Lam 1:1 and keep: Lam 3:28; Jer 8:14; Amo 5:13, Amo 8:3 cast up: Jos 7:6; Sa2 13:19; Job 2:12; Rev 18:19 they have girded: Isa 15:3, Isa 36:22; Eze 7:18, Eze 27:31; Joe 1:8 the virgins: Lam 1:4; Amo 8:13 Lamentations 2:11
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