Passage

A wound as wide as the sea

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

¹³What shall I testify to you? What shall I liken to you, daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare to you, that I may comfort you, virgin daughter of Zion? For your breach is as big as the sea. Who can heal you?

Lamentations 2:13World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The speaker searches for a comparison that could comfort devastated Jerusalem.

To understand

Children faint in the streets and ask their mothers for food. The following verse accuses prophets of offering false visions instead of exposing the city’s wrongdoing.

A question

What comparison does the speaker use for Jerusalem’s wound?