Holy Scripture
Isaiah 22:2
A church father on this verse
“Now is the time to utter aloud those words of the prophet who said, "Who will give water to my head and a fountain of tears to my eyes, and I will weep for the slain of the daughters of my people?" For, even if deep silence enfolds them and they lie dispossessed once and for all of their senses by the horrible deed (f…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
2The city is filled with shouting men: thy slain are not slain with swords, nor are thy dead those who have died in battle.
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1The word of the Valley of Zion. What has happened to thee, that now ye are all gone up to the housetops which help you not?
— Isaiah 22:2 —
3All thy princes have fled, and thy captives are tightly bound, and the mighty men in thee have fled far away.
4Therefore I said, Let me alone, I will weep bitterly; labor not to comfort me for the breach of the daughter of my people.