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Lamentations 4:12-16

12Thekingsמַלְכֵי־mal.khei-H4428oftheearthאֶ֔רֶץ'E.retzH776believedH539not,neitheralltheinhabitantsיֹשְׁבֵ֣יyo.she.VeiH3427oftheworldתֵבֵ֑לte.VelH8398,Thattheadversaryandtheenemyוְאוֹיֵ֔בve.'o.YevH341wouldenterintothegatesH8179ofJerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סye.ru.sha.LimH3389.

13Itisbecauseofthesinsמֵֽחַטֹּ֣אתme.cha.TotH2403ofherprophetsנְבִיאֶ֔יהָne.vi.'Ei.haH5030,andtheiniquitiesעֲוֹנ֖וֹתa.vo.NotH5771ofherpriestsכֹּהֲנֶ֑יהָko.ha.Nei.haH3548,Thathaveshedהַשֹּׁפְכִ֥יםha.sho.fe.KhimH8210thebloodדַּ֥םdamH1818ofthejustinthemidstבְּקִרְבָּ֖הּbe.kir.BahH7130ofher.

14Theywanderנָע֤וּna.'UH5128asblindעִוְרִים֙'iv.RimH5787meninthestreetsבַּֽחוּצ֔וֹתba.chu.TzotH2351,theyarepollutedwithbloodבַּדָּ֑םba.DamH1818,Sothatmencannottouchיִגְּע֖וּyi.ge.'UH5060theirgarments.

15Departס֣וּרוּSu.ruH5493ye,theycrieduntothem,Uncleanטָמֵ֞אta.Me'H2931!departס֤וּרוּSu.ruH5493,departס֙וּרוּ֙su.ruH5493,touchתִּגָּ֔עוּti.Ga.'uH5060not!WhentheyfledawayH5493andwanderedנָ֑עוּNa.'uH5128,mensaidH559amongthenationsבַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.YimH1471,Theyshallnomoresojourn here.

16TheangerofJehovahhathscatteredthem;hewillnomoreregardthem:Theyrespectednotthepersonsofthepriestsכֹהֲנִים֙kho.ha.NimH3548,theyfavorednottheeldersוּזְקֵנִ֖יםvu.ze.ke.nimH2205.

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