832 ONE THOUSAND FAMOUS THINGS
Among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her. All her
friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become en^m^es.
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction ; she d^Ueth
among the heathen ; she findeth no rest.
The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn
feasts. All her gates are desolate; her priests sigh, her virgins are
afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by ? Behold, and see if there
be any sorrow like unto my sorrow.
The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets i
My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword ; our
persecutors are swifter than the eagles ; they pursued us upon the
mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
The joy of our heart is ceased ; our dance is turned into«nouming.
Thou, O Lord, remainest for ever ; thy throne from generation to
generation. Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us
so long time ? Turn thou us unto thce, O Lord, and renew our
days as of old. From the Lamentations of Jeremiah
The Voice From Mount Sinai
And the Lord spake, saying
y\ o not drink wine nor strong drink when ye go into the tabernacle*
JLJ lest ye die ; it shall be a statute for ever throughout your gener-
ations. Ye shall keep my sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary.
Regard them not that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards.
If a stranger sojourn with thee in your land thou shalt love him
as thyself.
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in
weight, or in measure. Just balances, just weights, shall ye have,
When ye reap the harvest thou shalt not make clean the corners
of thy field, neither shait thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest;
thou shalt leave them to the poor and to the stranger.
The Lord spake on Mount Sinai, saying
Six years thou shalt sow thy field and prune thy vineyard and
gather in the fruit, but the seventh year shall be a sabbath for the
Lord, a year of rest unto the land.
Thou shalt number seven sabbaths, seven times seven years,
and ye shall hallow the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout
the land unto all the inhabitants. A jubilee shall that fiftieth year
be. It shall be holy unto you. In the year of this jubilee ye shall
return every man to his possession. ^
The land shall not be sold for ever, for the land is mine. Ye are
strangers and sojourners with me. Old Testament