And her gates, where the chief. men of the city were wont to discuss the welfare of the city, shall lament and mourn, because the seats of the men are empty; and she, the daughter of Zion, the city itself, being desolate, shall sit upon the ground, a picture of desolation. Chapter 4:1. And in that day, due to the fact that the men have fallen in battle, seven women shall take hold of one man, in an unnatural denial of womanly modesty, saying, We will eat our own bread and wear our own apparel, not depending upon him for support; only let us be called by thy name, that they might be known as his wives, to take away our reproach, for it was considered a disgrace not to be married and hear children. Such are the scenes which preceded the fall of Jerusalem, and similar scenes will precede the end of the world.

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