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LAMENTATIONS
119
The grand figure of Jeremiah on the left
side of the altar is a picture of depression,
almost of despair. Lost in thought, absorbed
in contemplation of the sufferings of Zion, he
is an illustration of his own description in
Lamentations.
Lam. ii. 10. The elders of the daughter of Zion sit
upon the ground, and keep silence : they have cast dust
upon their heads; they have girded themselves with
sackcloth.
So Jeremiah may have sat, thinking of
the young children perishing in the streets
of Jerusalem, of the mothers driven by
famine to eat their offspring, of the virgins
and young men carried away captive, and
himself powerless to help or to see a way of
escape.
Lam. v. 17. For this our heart is faint; for these
things our eyes are dim.
18. Because of the mountain of Zion, which is
desolate, the foxes walk upon it. . . .
20. Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and for-
sake us so long time ?
21. Turn us unto thee, 0 Lord, and we shall be
turned ; renew our days as of old.
22. But thou hast utterly rejected us ; thou art very
wroth with us.
119
The grand figure of Jeremiah on the left
side of the altar is a picture of depression,
almost of despair. Lost in thought, absorbed
in contemplation of the sufferings of Zion, he
is an illustration of his own description in
Lamentations.
Lam. ii. 10. The elders of the daughter of Zion sit
upon the ground, and keep silence : they have cast dust
upon their heads; they have girded themselves with
sackcloth.
So Jeremiah may have sat, thinking of
the young children perishing in the streets
of Jerusalem, of the mothers driven by
famine to eat their offspring, of the virgins
and young men carried away captive, and
himself powerless to help or to see a way of
escape.
Lam. v. 17. For this our heart is faint; for these
things our eyes are dim.
18. Because of the mountain of Zion, which is
desolate, the foxes walk upon it. . . .
20. Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and for-
sake us so long time ?
21. Turn us unto thee, 0 Lord, and we shall be
turned ; renew our days as of old.
22. But thou hast utterly rejected us ; thou art very
wroth with us.