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Lamentations 4:1-6

1Howאֵיכָה֙'ei.KhahH349isthegoldזָהָ֔בza.HavH2091becomedim!themostpuregoldH2091changed!thestonesH68ofthesanctuaryH6944pouredH8210outatthetopH7218ofallthestreetsחוּצֽוֹת׃ סchu.TzotH2351!

2ThesonsH1121ofZionצִיּוֹן֙tzi.yOnH6726,sopreciousהַיְקָרִ֔יםhay.ka.RimH3368, comparabletofinegoldבַּפָּ֑זba.PazH6337,howאֵיכָ֤ה'ei.KhahH349aretheyesteemedH2803asearthenpitchers,theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.SehH4639ofthehandsיְדֵ֥יye.DeiH3027ofthepotterיוֹצֵֽר׃ סyo.TzerH3335!

3Eventhejackals offerthebreastשַׁ֔דShadH7699,theygivesuckH3243totheiryoung;thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofmypeopleעַמִּ֣י'a.MiH5971isbecomecruelלְאַכְזָ֔רle.'akh.ZarH393,liketheostrichesinthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ סba.mid.BarH4057.

4Thetongueלְשׁ֥וֹןle.ShonH3956ofthesuckingchildH5768cleavethtotheroofofhismouthH2441forthirstבַּצָּמָ֑אba.tza.Ma'H6772;theyoungchildrenH5768askשָׁ֣אֲלוּSha.'a.luH7592breadלֶ֔חֶםLe.chemH3899,nomanbreakethituntothem.

5Theythatfeddelicatelyaredesolateנָשַׁ֖מּוּna.Sha.muH8074inthestreetsבַּחוּצ֑וֹתba.chu.TzotH2351;theythatwerebroughtupinscarletH8438embraceH2263dung-hills.

6AndthepunishmentH5771oftheiniquityעֲוֹ֣ן'a.VonH5771ofthedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofmypeopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971isgreaterוַיִּגְדַּל֙vai.yig.DalH1431thantherewardofthesinמֵֽחַטַּ֖אתme.cha.TatH2403ofSodomסְדֹ֑םse.DomH5467, whichwasoverthrownasinamomentרָ֔גַעRa.ga'H7281,andnohandsיָדָֽיִם׃ סya.Da.yimH3027wereviolentlylaiduponher.

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