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Lamentation of the Borderguard
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I do not want to be a borderguard, said the borderguard. I don’t want to be a bodyguard. I don’t want to be a guardian angel. I don’t want to be a guide. I want not to be a grinder. I don’t want to…

Contributor:

Gali-Dana Singer

Places:

Jerusalem, Israel

Date:

1998

Subjects:

Civil disobedience, Migration, Ethics

Categories:

Poetry, Popular Poetry
Jeremiah’s Arrest and His Lament over His Prophetic Role
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Pashhur son of Immer, the priest who was chief officer of the House of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesy these things. Pashhur thereupon had Jeremiah flogged and put in the cell at the Upper…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Prophets & prophecy, Punishment, Exile, Priest/priesthood, Civil disobedience

Categories:

Prophetic Literature, Biblical poetry, Poetry