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Lamentations 5:8-16

8ServantsH5650ruleH4910overus:Thereisnonetodeliverusoutoftheirhandמִיָּדָֽם׃mi.ya.DamH3027.

9Wegetourbreadלַחְמֵ֔נוּlach.Me.nuH3899attheperilofourlivesבְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙be.naf.She.nuH5315,Becauseoftheswordחֶ֥רֶבChe.revH2719ofthewildernessהַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ha.mid.BarH4057.

10Ourskinעוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙o.Re.nuH5785isblacklikeanovenכְּתַנּ֣וּרke.ta.NurH8574,BecauseoftheburningH2152heatזַלְעֲפ֥וֹתzal.'a.FotH2152offamineH7458.

11They ravishedthewomenH802inZionבְּצִיּ֣וֹןbe.tzi.YonH6726,Thevirginsבְּתֻלֹ֖תbe.tu.LotH1330inthecitiesבְּעָרֵ֥יbe.'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

12Princesשָׂרִים֙sa.RimH8269werehangedנִתְל֔וּnit.LuH8518upbytheirhandבְּיָדָ֣םbe.ya.DamH3027:Thefacesפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440ofeldersזְקֵנִ֖יםze.ke.NimH2205werenothonored.

13Theyoungוּנְעָרִ֖יםu.ne.'a.RimH5288menH5288barethemill;AndthechildrenstumbledH3782underthewoodבָּעֵ֥ץba.'EtzH6086.

14TheeldersH2205haveceasedfromthegateמִשַּׁ֣עַרmi.Sha.'arH8179,Theyoungבַּחוּרִ֖יםba.chu.RimH970menH970fromtheirmusic.

15Thejoyמְשׂ֣וֹשׂme.SosH4885ofourheartלִבֵּ֔נוּli.Be.nuH3820isceased; OurdanceisturnedH2015intomourningלְאֵ֖בֶלle.'E.velH60.

16Thecrownעֲטֶ֣רֶת'a.Te.retH5850isfallenH5307fromourheadרֹאשֵׁ֔נוּro.She.nuH7218:Woeאֽוֹי־'o-H188untous!forwehavesinnedH2398.

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