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Lamentations 4:3-10

3Eventhejackalsdrawoutthebreastשַׁ֔דShadH7699,theygivesuckH3243totheiryoungones:Thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofmypeopleעַמִּ֣י'a.MiH5971isbecomecruelלְאַכְזָ֔רle.'akh.ZarH393,liketheostrichesinthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ סba.mid.BarH4057.

4Thetongueלְשׁ֥וֹןle.ShonH3956ofthesuckingchildH5768cleavethtotheroofofhismouthH2441forthirstבַּצָּמָ֑אba.tza.Ma'H6772:TheyoungchildrenH5768askשָׁ֣אֲלוּSha.'a.luH7592breadלֶ֔חֶםLe.chemH3899,andnomanbreakethituntothem.

5Theythatdidfeeddelicatelyaredesolateנָשַׁ֖מּוּna.Sha.muH8074inthestreetsבַּחוּצ֑וֹתba.chu.TzotH2351:TheythatwerebroughtupinscarletH8438embraceH2263dunghills.

6Fortheiniquityעֲוֹ֣ן'a.VonH5771ofthedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofmypeopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971isgreaterוַיִּגְדַּל֙vai.yig.DalH1431thanthesinמֵֽחַטַּ֖אתme.cha.TatH2403ofSodomסְדֹ֑םse.DomH5467,Thatwasoverthrownasinamomentרָ֔גַעRa.ga'H7281,andnohandsיָדָֽיִם׃ סya.Da.yimH3027werelaiduponher.

7Her nobleswerepurerthansnowמִשֶּׁ֔לֶגmi.She.legH7950, theywerewhiterthanmilkמֵחָלָ֑בme.cha.LavH2461; Theyweremoreruddyinbodythan rubies, theirpolishingwas asofsapphireסַפִּ֖ירsa.PirH5601.

8TheirvisageisH1961blackerthanacoal;theyarenotknowninthestreetsבַּחוּצ֑וֹתba.chu.TzotH2351:Theirskinעוֹרָם֙o.RamH5785cleavethtotheirbonesעַצְמָ֔ם'atz.MamH6106;itisH1961witheredH3001,itisH1961becomeהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961likeastick.

9Theythatareslainחַלְלֵי־cha.lei-H2491withtheswordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719arebetterטוֹבִ֤יםto.VimH2896thantheythatareslainמֵֽחַלְלֵ֖יme.cha.LeiH2491withhungerרָעָ֑בra.'AvH7458;Forthesepineaway,strickenthrough,forwantofthefruitsH8570ofthefieldשָׂדָֽי׃ סsa.DaiH7704.

10Thehandsיְדֵ֗יye.DeiH3027ofthepitifulwomenH802haveboiledבִּשְּׁל֖וּbi.she.LuH1310theirownchildrenH3206;TheywereH1961theirfoodinthedestructionH7667ofthedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofmypeopleעַמִּֽי׃ ס'a.MiH5971.

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