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Lamentations 5:6-12

6We submittedנָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔דna.Ta.nu YadH5414 H3027to Egyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714andAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804to get enoughלִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽlis.Bo.a'H7646breadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899.

7Our fathersאֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1sinnedחָֽטְאוּ֙cha.te.'UH2398and areno moreוְאֵינָ֔םve.ei.namH369,but weוַאֲנַ֖חְנוּva.'a.nach.nuH587bearסָבָֽלְנוּ׃sa.Val.nuH5445their punishmentעֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם'a.vo.no.tei.HemH5771.

8Slavesעֲבָדִים֙'a.va.DimH5650ruleמָ֣שְׁלוּMa.she.luH4910over us; there isno oneאֵ֥ין'einH369to deliver usפֹּרֵ֖קpo.RekH6561from their handsמִיָּדָֽם׃mi.ya.DamH3027.

9We getנָבִ֣יאna.Vi'H935our breadלַחְמֵ֔נוּlach.Me.nuH3899at the risk of our livesבְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙be.naf.She.nuH5315because ofמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440the swordחֶ֥רֶבChe.revH2719in the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ha.mid.BarH4057.

10Our skinעוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙o.Re.nuH5785is as hotנִכְמָ֔רוּnikh.Ma.ruH3648as an ovenכְּתַנּ֣וּרke.ta.NurH8574withמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440feverזַלְעֲפ֥וֹתzal.'a.FotH2152from our hungerרָעָֽב׃ra.'AvH7458.

11Womenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802have been ravishedעִנּ֔וּ'i.NuH6031in Zionבְּצִיּ֣וֹןbe.tzi.YonH6726,virginsבְּתֻלֹ֖תbe.tu.LotH1330in the citiesבְּעָרֵ֥יbe.'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

12Princesשָׂרִים֙sa.RimH8269have been hung upנִתְל֔וּnit.LuH8518by their handsבְּיָדָ֣םbe.ya.DamH3027;eldersזְקֵנִ֖יםze.ke.NimH2205receive noלֹ֥אlo'H3808respectפְּנֵ֥י נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃pe.Nei neh.Da.ruH6440 H1921.

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