And mine eyes run down with tears
For the flock of the Lord led captive.[424]
The next Oracle in metre is an elegy, probably prospective, on the fate of Jehoiachin and his mother Nehushta.[425]
Say to the King and Her Highness, 18
Low be ye seated!
For from your heads is come down
The crown of your splendour.
The towns of the Southland are blocked 19
With none to open.
All Judah is gone into exile,