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Lamentations 4:7-11

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.

11JehovahhathaccomplishedhiswrathH2534,hehathpouredשָׁפַ֖ךְsha.FakhH8210outhisfierceangerאַפּ֑וֹ'a.PoH639;AndhehathkindledH3341afireאֵ֣שׁ'eshH784inZionבְּצִיּ֔וֹןbe.tzi.YonH6726,whichhathdevouredH398thefoundationsיְסוֹדֹתֶֽיהָ׃ סye.so.do.Tei.haH3247thereof.

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