Jeremiah
No one is an outcast! Whoever calls for help must be heard, for all our sakes.
Voices
Not he.—He is the cause of our troubles.—He is the rejected of God.—He is one accurst!
I, too, was rejected of God, and God has heard my prayer; I, likewise, was a man accurst, and God has blessed me. Who was it, crying in his distress? Let me bring him comfort, even as I was comforted.
Voices
’Tis the man lying on the steps.—God’s wrath has smitten his pride.
Jeremiah
Why lies he alone there? Wherefore does he not join us?