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Easton's Bible Dictionary
A section of the western wall of the temple area, where
the Jews assemble every Friday afternoon to bewail their desolate condition (
Psalms
79:1 ,
79:4 ,
79:5 ). The stones in this part of the wall are of great size, and were placed,
as is generally believed, in the position in which they are now found in the time
of Solomon. "The congregation at the wailing-place is one of the most solemn gatherings
left to the Jewish Church, and as the writer gazed at the motley concourse he
experienced a feeling of sorrow that the remnants of the chosen race should be
heartlessly thrust outside the sacred enclosure of their fathers' holy temple
by men of an alien race and an alien creed. Many of the elders, seated on the
ground, with their backs against the wall, on the west side of the area, and with
their faces turned toward the eternal house, read out of their well-thumbed Hebrew
books passages from the prophetic writings, such as Isaiah
64:9 -
12 " (King's Recent Discoveries, etc.). The wailing-place of the Jews, viewed
in its past spiritual and historic relations, is indeed "the saddest nook in this
vale of tears." (See LAMENTATIONS,
BOOK OF .)
Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names
(no entry)
Smith's Bible Dictionary
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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