" Her children are gone into captivity before the enemy " (Lam. i. 5). Rabbi Isaac saith, " Come and see how greatly beloved are the children! " The Sanhedrin were exiled, but the Shechiuah was not exiled with them. The Temple guards were exiled, but the Shechinah was not exiled with them. But with the children the Shechinah also was exiled. This is that which is written (Lam. i. 5, 6), " Her children are gone,... and from the daughter of Zion all her beauty (**. <?., the Shechinah) is departed." Midrash Rabbah Eicha.