Resh
“Yahweh’s anointed,
The breath
Of our life,
Was taken
In their pits.
This is the one
Of whom
We said.
‘Under his shadow
We shall live
Among the nations.’”
Using the first personal plural, they extol Yahweh’s anointed one, the king of Judah, King Zedekiah. He was the breath of their life, but he fell into a pit and was captured. They had agreed to live under his shadow, but now he was no more. This verse starts with the Hebrew consonant letter Resh in this acrostic poem.
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