In another acrostic poem Lamentations 2 points to the destruction of Jerusalem and the temple as a result of the insistent rebellion and sin by the Jews. "Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob... in his wrath he has torn down the strongholds of Judah... like an enemy he has strung his bow... and poured out his wrath... the Lord has abandoned his sanctuary... her gates have sunk into the ground... my eyes fail from weeping... the children and infants ask where there is bread and wine?... your wound is as deep as the sea... the visions of your prophets were false and worthless... the Lord has done what he planned and fulfilled his word... the hearts of the people cry out to the Lord... should women eat their offspring?... you have slain men and maiden in the day of your anger... you have slaughtered them without pity... in the day of the Lord's anger no-one escaped or survived".
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