And it came to pass, after Israel was taken captive, and Jerusalem made desolate, [that] Jeremiah sat weeping, and lamented with this lamentation over Jerusalem, and said: ALEPH. How does the city that was filled with people sit solitary! She has become as a widow: she that was magnified among the nations, and princess among the provinces, has become tributary.

ALEPH. How will the gold be tarnished, and the fine silver changed! The sacred stones have been poured forth at the top of all the streets.

SAMECH. You has visited us in wrath, and driven us away; You have slain, You have not pitied.

You have veiled Yourself with a cloud because of prayer, that I might be blind, and be cast off.

And the day shall be darkened in Tahpanhes, when I have broken there the scepters of Egypt; and the pride of her strength shall perish there, and a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall be taken prisoners.

And I will veil the heavens when you are extinguished, and will darken the stars thereof; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

All the [bodies] that give light in the sky shall be darkened over you, and I will bring darkness upon the earth, says the Lord God.

for a day of darkness and gloominess is near, a day of cloud and mist; a numerous and strong people shall be spread upon the mountains as the morning; there has not been one like it from the beginning, and after it there shall not be again, even to the years of many generations.

How has Lucifer, that rose of the morning, fallen from heaven! He that sent [orders] to all the nations is crushed to the earth.

I will go up above the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

From the day that you were created you [were] with the cherub; I set you on the holy mount of God; you were in the midst of the stones of fire.

Of the abundance of your merchandise you have filled your storehouses with iniquity, and have sinned. Therefore you have been cast down wounded from the mount of God, and the cherub has brought you out of the midst of the stones of fire.

And you, Capernaum, the [one] having been exalted to heaven, you will be brought down to Hades; because if the miracles which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades.

And He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning out of heaven.

And there came to be war in heaven: Michael and his angels, waging war with the dragon; and the dragon made war, and his angels,

And the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

And she called the child Ichabod, because of the ark of God, and because of her father-in-law, and because of her husband.

Set up a pillar, O Israel, for the slain that died upon your high places; how the mighty have fallen!

The house, our sanctuary, and the glory which our fathers blessed, has been burned with fire; and all our glorious things have gone to ruin.

[As for] their choice ornaments, they employed them for pride, and they made of them images of their abominations; therefore have I made them uncleanness to them.

And I will turn away My face from them, and they shall defile My secret place, and shall go in to them unguardedly, and profane them.

Say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I [will] profane My sanctuary, the boast of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and for which your souls are concerned; and your sons and your daughters, whom you have left, shall fall by the sword.

And David stood in the midst of the assembly, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people. It was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and a place for the feet of our Lord, and I prepared [materials] suitable for the building;

Exalt the Lord our God, and worship [at] His footstool; for He is holy.

Let us enter into His tabernacles: let us worship at His footstool.