SMS/SMU Sirach 9.8

So Many Silenced, So Many Unnamed

 

Sirach 9.8

Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another’s beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire.

 https://unsettledchristianity.com/sirach-9-1-9-the-perilous-association-with-women/

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Beryl Reiss

 A portrait of Jeremiah by Beryl Reiss, completed in 1837. The image is created using the words of the Biblical books of Jeremiah and Lamentations, and poems of Judah Halevi, “Songs of Zion.”