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Psalm 137
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By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, sat and wept, as we thought of Zion. There on the poplars we hung up our lyres, for our captors asked us there for songs, our tormentors, for amusement, “Si…

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Land of Israel (Israel)

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Biblical Period

Subjects:

Prayer, Mourning, Music, Jerusalem, Punishment

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Literature, Poetry, Prayer & Liturgy, Biblical Poetry, Religion & Theology
A Lament for Tyre
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The word of the Lord came to me: Now you, O mortal, intone a dirge over Tyre. Say to Tyre: O you who dwell at the gateway of the sea, Who trade with the peoples on many coastlands: Thus said the…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Mourning, Gentiles, Violence, Economic life, Punishment

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Literature, Prophetic Literature, Biblical Poetry, Poetry
The People Have No Future in Their Land
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The word of the Lord came to me: You are not to marry and not to have sons and daughters in this place. For thus said the Lord concerning any sons and daughters that may be born in this place, and…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Prophets, Punishment, Mourning, Monotheism, Exile

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Literature, Prophetic Literature, Biblical Poetry, Poetry
Lamentations
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Alas! Lonely sits the city Once great with people! She that was great among nations Is become like a widow; The princess among states Is become a thrall. Bitterly she weeps in the night…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Mourning, Jerusalem, Temple, Punishment, Tishah be-Av

Categories:

Poetry, Biblical Poetry, Literature