Yeah!
You shall never say again
Remembering
you own treacherous past

Let the avenging of the outpouring blood
Amongst the nation’s servants be known
Let the groan of prisoners come to me
Prepare for death –for you are doomed to die!

You shall never say again
The ninth of Av
will be remembered again

Boaz and Jachin will fall to the ground
Demolished the town of Antonia
Gates of the temple are on fire
Zion is in ruins!

Like Zedekiah you flee, your army deserts you, your eyes removed
Now satiated with the misery you unleash on your rule

Hiram’s Temple has only bought –not order but chaos
Elizar had warned, “If the children order, don’t listen” you fools!

Jeremiah said, “I shall return
To this city and they shall wage war
Against – Conquered - & burn it in fire.
And shall make Judah desolate”
As the flames shoot into the air
They have all died & none to bury them
You shall lament what was so cherished
Devoted – guarded - Disappear before your eyes!

Isaiah warned Yahweh in his prophecies
“Why are you endless sacrifices are to me?
I am sick of holocaust of rams
Who asked you to trample over my courts?”
“You have shed blood and waged wars
You shall not build a house in my name
Because so much blood has met the soil”
Yet it was made, now it shall burn!

You shall never say again
Remembering
you own treacherous past

Let the avenging of the outpouring blood
Amongst the nation’s servants be known
Let the groan of prisoners come to me
Prepare for death –for you are doomed to die!

You shall never say again
The ninth of Av
will be remembered again

When you see the Temple walls
Surrounded by armies
then know that the end has come

Here we stand in Jerusalem
Trumpets have sounded
and know that this is war!