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Jeremiah’s Lament to God
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Woe is me, my mother, that you ever bore me— A man of conflict and strife with all the land! I have not lent, And I have not borrowed; Yet everyone curses me. [ . . . ] O Lord, you know— Rememb…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Prophets & prophecy, Leadership, Prayer & liturgy, Repentance, Violence, Poetry

Categories:

Prophetic Literature, Biblical poetry, Poetry
Child Sacrifice Depicted on Stela
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Child sacrifice depicted on stela, Carthage, 4th century BCE. A priest carries a small child in his arm, apparently for sacrifice, with his hand raised in a gesture of prayer. From the cemetery of…

Places:

Carthage, Carthage (Tunis, Tunisia)

Date:

4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Sacrifice, Prayer & liturgy, Violence, Children
Stela with images of celestial shapes on top and man holding small child below.
O Quickly, Messiah
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O quickly, Messiah, come quickly at last, The world is engirdled with serpents, in vast Poisonous circles of famine and care, Terror and torment, decay and despair; The earth has denied men the…

Contributor:

Avrom Reyzen

Places:

New York City, United States of America

Date:

Date unknown, 20th century

Subjects:

Apocalypse, Piety, Prayer & liturgy, Violence, Poetry

Categories:

Poetry