6We have givenנָתַ֣נּוּna.Ta.nuH5414the handיָ֔דYadH3027tothe Egyptiansמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714, and tothe Assyriansאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804,to be satisfiedלִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽlis.Bo.a'H7646with breadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899.
7Our fathersאֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1have sinnedחָֽטְאוּ֙cha.te.'UH2398, and arenotוְאֵינָ֔םve.ei.namH369;and we have borneסָבָֽלְנוּ׃sa.Val.nuH5445their iniquitiesעֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם'a.vo.no.tei.HemH5771.
8Servantsעֲבָדִים֙'a.va.DimH5650have ruledמָ֣שְׁלוּMa.she.luH4910over us: there isnone that doth deliverפֹּרֵ֖קpo.RekH6561usout of their handמִיָּדָֽם׃mi.ya.DamH3027.
9We gatנָבִ֣יאna.Vi'H935our breadלַחְמֵ֔נוּlach.Me.nuH3899with the peril ofour livesבְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙be.naf.She.nuH5315becauseמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440of the swordחֶ֥רֶבChe.revH2719of the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ha.mid.BarH4057.
10Our skinעוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙o.Re.nuH5785was blackנִכְמָ֔רוּnikh.Ma.ruH3648like an ovenכְּתַנּ֣וּרke.ta.NurH8574becauseמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440of the terribleזַלְעֲפ֥וֹתzal.'a.FotH2152famineרָעָֽב׃ra.'AvH7458.
11They ravishedעִנּ֔וּ'i.NuH6031the womenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802in Zionבְּצִיּ֣וֹןbe.tzi.YonH6726, andthe maidsבְּתֻלֹ֖תbe.tu.LotH1330in the citiesבְּעָרֵ֥יbe.'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.
12Princesשָׂרִים֙sa.RimH8269are hanged upנִתְל֔וּnit.LuH8518by their handבְּיָדָ֣םbe.ya.DamH3027:the facesפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440of eldersזְקֵנִ֖יםze.ke.NimH2205were not honouredנֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃neh.Da.ruH1921.
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