“The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.”
The devastation is comprehensive: "Fire consumed their young men, and their girls had no marriage song." The death of young men represents the breaking of the people's future; the reference to the absence of marriage songs emphasizes the cultural and relational devastation that accompanies military loss.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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