: The most famous modern version of "Eli, Eli" is the 1942 poem " A Walk to Caesarea " by Hannah Szenes, a Jewish resistance fighter executed during the Holocaust. Szenes’ poem is a plea for the eternal beauty of the natural world—the sand, sea, and human prayer—to never end. The Magnat & Feoctist Interpretation
In their Hip-Hop/Rap version, Magnat & Feoctist use this "plaintive prayer" to reflect on the modern condition of their native Moldova. Magnat & Feoctist - Eli Eli
: The phrase "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani" (My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?) appears in both the Old Testament (Psalm 22) and as one of the last sayings of Jesus on the cross. : The most famous modern version of "Eli,