Zion Mourns in Fear and Anguish by Johann Heermann, 1636, ab. (Tr. Catherine Winkworth, 1869) Is 49:14-17 ZION KLAGT—Johann Hermann Schein Zion Mourns in Fear and Anguish (or Zion Klagt Mit Angst Und Schmerzen) 1 Zion mourns in fear and anguish, Zion, city of our God. “Ah,” she says, “how sore I languish, Bowed beneath the chastening rod! For my God forsook me quite And forgot my sorry plight Mid these troubles now distressing, Countless woes my soul oppressing.” 2 “Once,” she mourns, “He