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Lamentations 2:11-13

11Mine eyesעֵינַי֙'ei.NaiH5869do failכָּל֨וּka.LuH3615with tearsבַדְּמָע֤וֹתva.de.ma.'otH1832,my bowelsמֵעַ֔יme.'AiH4578are troubledחֳמַרְמְר֣וּcho.mar.me.RuH2560,my liverכְּבֵדִ֔יke.ve.DiH3516is pouredנִשְׁפַּ֤ךְnish.PakhH8210upon the earthלָאָ֙רֶץ֙la.'A.retzH776,for the destructionשֶׁ֖בֶרShe.verH7667of the daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of my peopleעַמִּ֑י'a.MiH5971;because the childrenעוֹלֵל֙o.LelH5768and the sucklingsוְיוֹנֵ֔קve.yo.NekH3243swoonבֵּֽעָטֵ֤ףbe.'a.TefH5848in the streetsבִּרְחֹב֖וֹתbir.cho.VotH7339of the cityקִרְיָֽה׃ סkir.YahH7151.

12They sayיֹֽאמְר֔וּyo.me.RuH559to their mothersלְאִמֹּתָם֙le.'i.mo.TamH517, Where iscornדָּגָ֣ןda.GanH1715and wineוָיָ֑יִןva.Ya.yinH3196?when they swoonedבְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָ֤םbe.hit.'a.te.FamH5848as the woundedכֶּֽחָלָל֙ke.cha.LalH2491in the streetsבִּרְחֹב֣וֹתbir.cho.VotH7339of the cityעִ֔יר'IrH5892,when their soulנַפְשָׁ֔םnaf.ShamH5315was poured outבְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּ֣ךְbe.hish.ta.PekhH8210into their mothers’אִמֹּתָֽם׃ ס'i.mo.TamH517bosomחֵ֖יקcheikH2436.

13What thing shall I take to witnessאֲעִידֵ֞ךְ'a.'i.DekhH5749for thee? what thingH4100shall I likenאֲדַמֶּה־'a.da.meh-H1819to thee, O daughterהַבַּת֙ha.BatH1323of Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389?what shall I equalאַשְׁוֶה־'ash.veh-H7737to thee, that I may comfortוַאֲנַֽחֲמֵ֔ךְva.'a.na.cha.MekhH5162thee, O virginבְּתוּלַ֖תbe.tu.LatH1330daughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Zionצִיּ֑וֹןtzi.YonH6726?for thy breachשִׁבְרֵ֖ךְshiv.RekhH7667isgreatגָד֥וֹלga.DolH1419like the seaכַּיָּ֛םkai.YamH3220:who can healיִרְפָּא־yir.pa'-H7495thee?

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