
Jerusalem Mourners Throw Their Silver into the Street
A man in sackcloth with a shaven head throws silver bars and gold jewellery onto a street beside a weeping figure, as a watchman blows a horn on the wall.
Prompt
Ezekiel 7: "The end is come": in the day of the LORD's wrath the people of Jerusalem cast their silver into the streets. In the foreground, large and central, a wealthy Judean man in sackcloth with a shaven head kneels in a stone street of Jerusalem, weeping, as he flings silver ingots and gold jewellery onto the paving stones; a mourning woman in sackcloth stands beside him, her face in her hands. Behind them a narrow street of limestone houses and a city wall where a watchman blows a ram's horn trumpet but no one goes out to battle. Harsh bright morning light. Style: a blend of photo-realism and cinema, like a still from a big-budget film. Bright, rich, saturated, luminous colour, clear daylight or glowing golden light even in dramatic scenes, never murky or muddy, crisp detail, real human faces full of emotion, shallow depth of field, subtle film grain. Simple, uncluttered composition: ONE clear scene from this chapter, with the chapter's main character or characters large, close and central in the upper and middle frame, and a simple background. No montage, no collage, no inset vignettes, no crowd of small figures competing for attention. Historically accurate ancient Near Eastern clothing, architecture and landscape. Keep the bottom quarter of the frame simple and uncluttered (ground, water or sky) so a large chapter number can be set over it. Absolutely no text, no letters, no words, no numbers, no logos, no watermark, no border, no frame.
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