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Lamentations 4:7-11

7Her dignitariesנְזִירֶ֙יהָ֙ne.zi.Rei.haH5139were brighterזַכּ֤וּza.KuH2141than snowמִשֶּׁ֔לֶגmi.She.legH7950,whiterצַח֖וּtza.ChuH6705than milkמֵחָלָ֑בme.cha.LavH2461;their bodiesעֶ֙צֶם֙'e.tzemH6106were more ruddyאָ֤דְמוּ'A.de.muH119than rubiesמִפְּנִינִ֔יםmi.pe.ni.NimH6443,their appearanceגִּזְרָתָֽם׃ סgiz.ra.TamH1508like sapphiresסַפִּ֖ירsa.PirH5601.

8But now their appearanceתָּֽאֳרָ֔םto.'o.RamH8389is blackerחָשַׁ֤ךְcha.ShakhH2821than sootמִשְּׁחוֹר֙mi.she.chOrH7815;they are notלֹ֥אlo'H3808recognizedנִכְּר֖וּni.ke.RuH5234in the streetsבַּחוּצ֑וֹתba.chu.TzotH2351.Their skinעוֹרָם֙o.RamH5785has shriveledצָפַ֤דtza.FadH6821onעַל־'al-H5921their bonesעַצְמָ֔ם'atz.MamH6106;it has becomeהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961as dryH3001as a stickכָעֵֽץ׃ סkha.'EtzH6086.

9Those slainחַלְלֵי־cha.lei-H2491by the swordחֶ֔רֶבChe.revH2719areהָיוּ֙ha.YuH1961better offטוֹבִ֤יםto.VimH2896than those who dieמֵֽחַלְלֵ֖יme.cha.LeiH2491of hungerרָעָ֑בra.'AvH7458,whoשֶׁ֣הֵ֤םshe.HemH1992waste awayיָז֙וּבוּ֙ya.Zu.vuH2100,pierced with painמְדֻקָּרִ֔יםme.du.ka.RimH1856because the fieldsשָׂדָֽי׃ סsa.DaiH7704lack produceמִתְּנוּבֹ֖תmi.te.nu.VotH8570.

10The handsיְדֵ֗יye.DeiH3027of compassionateרַחֲמָ֣נִיּ֔וֹתra.cha.Ma.ni.YotH7362womenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802have cookedבִּשְּׁל֖וּbi.she.LuH1310their own childrenיַלְדֵיהֶ֑ןyal.dei.HenH3206,who becameהָי֤וּha.YuH1961their foodלְבָרוֹת֙le.va.rOtH1262in the destructionבְּשֶׁ֖בֶרbe.She.verH7667of the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of my peopleעַמִּֽי׃ ס'a.MiH5971.

11The LORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068אֶת־'et-H853has exhaustedכִּלָּ֤הki.LahH3615His wrathחֲמָת֔וֹcha.ma.ToH2534;He has poured outשָׁפַ֖ךְsha.FakhH8210His fierceחֲר֣וֹןcha.RonH2740angerאַפּ֑וֹ'a.PoH639;He has kindledוַיַּצֶּת־vai.ya.tzet-H3341a fireאֵ֣שׁ'eshH784in Zionבְּצִיּ֔וֹןbe.tzi.YonH6726,and it has consumedוַתֹּ֖אכַלva.To.khalH398her foundationsיְסוֹדֹתֶֽיהָ׃ סye.so.do.Tei.haH3247.

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