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Lamentations 1:1-11

1Howאֵיכָ֣ה׀'ei.KhahH349doththecityהָעִיר֙ha.'IrH5892sitיָשְׁבָ֣הya.she.VahH3427solitary [that]wasH1961fullofpeopleעָ֔ם'AmH5971! ShethatwasH1961greatH7227amongthenationsבַגּוֹיִ֗םva.go.YimH1471isH1961becomeהָיְתָ֖הha.ye.TahH1961asawidowכְּאַלְמָנָ֑הke.'al.ma.NahH490;theprincessamongtheprovincesH4082isH1961becomeהָיְתָ֖הha.ye.TahH1961tributary!

2She weepeth soreinthenightבַּלַּ֗יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915,andhertearsוְדִמְעָתָהּ֙ve.dim.'a.TahH1832areonhercheeksלֶֽחֱיָ֔הּle.che.YahH3895;amongallherloversאֹהֲבֶ֑יהָ'o.ha.Vei.haH157she hathnocomforterמְנַחֵ֖םme.na.ChemH5162;allherfriendsרֵעֶ֙יהָ֙re.'Ei.haH7453havedealtבָּ֣גְדוּBa.ge.duH898treacherouslyH898withher,theyarebecomeהָ֥יוּHa.yuH1961herenemiesלְאֹיְבִֽים׃ סle.'o.ye.VimH341.

3Judahיְהוּדָ֤הye.hu.DahH3063isgoneH1540intocaptivitybecauseofaffliction,andbecauseofgreatservitudeעֲבֹדָ֔ה'a.vo.DahH5656;shedwellethamongthenationsבַגּוֹיִ֔םva.go.YimH1471,shefindethnorestמָנ֑וֹחַma.No.achH4494:allherpursuersרֹדְפֶ֥יהָro.de.Fei.haH7291haveovertakenהִשִּׂיג֖וּהָhi.si.Gu.haH5381herwithinthestraits.

4ThewaysH1870ofZionצִיּ֜וֹןtzi.YonH6726domournאֲבֵל֗וֹת'a.ve.LotH57,becausenonecomeבָּאֵ֣יba.'EiH935tothesolemnassembly:allhergatesH8179aredesolateשֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔יןsho.me.MinH8074;herpriestsכֹּהֲנֶ֖יהָko.ha.Nei.haH3548sigh,hervirginsבְּתוּלֹתֶ֥יהָbe.tu.lo.Tei.haH1330areingriefH3013;andasforher,sheisinbitternessH4751.

5Heradversarieshavebecomeהָי֨וּha.YuH1961theheadלְרֹאשׁ֙le.roShH7218,herenemiesאֹיְבֶ֣יהָ'o.ye.Vei.haH341prosper;forJehovahhathafflictedherforthemultitudeרֹב־rov-H7230ofhertransgressionsפְּשָׁעֶ֑יהָpe.sha.'Ei.haH6588:herchildrenH5768aregoneH1980intocaptivityשְׁבִ֖יshe.ViH7628beforetheadversary.

6Andfromthedaughterמִבַּתmi.vat-H1323ofZionallhersplendourisdeparted:herprincesH8269arebecomeהָי֣וּha.YuH1961likehartsthatfindH4672nopastureמִרְעֶ֔הmir.'EhH4829;andtheyaregoneH3318withoutstrengthכֹ֖חַKho.achH3581beforethepursuerרוֹדֵֽף׃ סro.DefH7291.

7Inthedaysיְמֵ֤יye.MeiH3117ofherafflictionandofherwanderings,sinceherpeopleעַמָּ֣הּ'a.MahH5971fellH5307intothehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027ofanadversary,andnonedidhelpH5826her,Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389rememberethallherpreciousthingswhichshehadinthedaysמִ֣ימֵיMi.meiH3117ofold:theadversarieshaveseenH7200her,theymockatherruin.

8Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389hath grievouslysinnedH2398;thereforeH3651issheremovedasanimpurity:allthathonouredherdespiseherbecausetheyhaveseenH7200hernakednessעֶרְוָתָ֔הּ'er.va.TahH6172;andshesigheth,andturnethbackwardאָחֽוֹר׃ ס'a.ChorH268.

9Herimpuritywasinherskirtsבְּשׁוּלֶ֗יהָbe.shu.Lei.haH7757,sherememberedזָֽכְרָה֙za.khe.RahH2142notherlatterH319endH319;andshecameוַתֵּ֣רֶדva.Te.redH3381downH3381wonderfully:shehathnocomforterמְנַחֵ֖םme.na.ChemH5162.Jehovah,beholdmyaffliction;fortheenemyאוֹיֵֽב׃ ס'o.YevH341hathmagnifiedH1431himself.

10Theadversary hathspreadפָּ֣רַשׂPa.rasH6566outhishandיָדוֹ֙ya.DoH3027uponallherpreciousמַחֲמַדֶּ֑יהָma.cha.ma.Dei.haH4261things;forshehathseenH7200thenationsגוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471enterintohersanctuaryמִקְדָּשָׁ֔הּmik.da.ShahH4720,concerningwhomthou didstcommandצִוִּ֔יתָהtzi.Vi.tahH6680thattheyshouldnotenterintothycongregation.

11Allherpeopleעַמָּ֤הּ'a.MahH5971sigh,theyseekמְבַקְּשִׁ֣יםme.va.ke.ShimH1245breadלֶ֔חֶםLe.chemH3899;theyhavegivenH5414theirpreciousthingsforfoodH3899torevive [their]soulH5315.Seeרְאֵ֤הre.'EhH7200,Jehovah,andconsiderH7200,forIamH1961becomeH1961vile.

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