OLD TESTAMENT

Lamentations 2:13

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What shall I testify to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you?

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Verse 13. Sea. This is an hyperbole, to express the greatness of sorrow, as the sea surpasses all other waters. Worthington.

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