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She vaunts against the King’s throne: ‘There is no king save me, none else besides me reigns.’
O highest King, reject Thou her from sovereignty;—restore Thy dominion to Thyself.
2. The Patriarchs and Matriarchs Intercede on Behalf of Their Exiled Children[54]
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Jeremiah went about by the fathers’ graves, and said: ‘Beloved ones, how can ye lie at rest, while your children are banished, pierced through with the sword? Where is then your merit in a land laid waste?’ The patriarchs all cried with bitter lamentations, because they were bereft of their children; with an imploring voice they moaned to the Dweller of the skies: ‘Where is Thy pledge: “But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors”?’[55]
‘They changed My glory for vanity; they had no dread of Me, they feared Me not; when I hid My face from them, they longed not, and waited not for Me. How shall I then refrain Me when they say: “He is not our God”?’[56]
The father of the multitude[57] cried in their behalf, and implored the Most High God: ‘In vain was I tried ten times for their sake, since I now behold their destruction. Where is Thy promise: “Fear not, Abram”?’[58]