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Lamentations 5:6-12

6We havesubmittedנָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔דna.Ta.nu YadH5414 H3027toEgyptמִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimH4714andAssyriaאַשּׁ֖וּר'a.ShurH804to getH7646enoughH7646breadלָֽחֶם׃La.chemH3899.

7Ourfathersאֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ'a.vo.Tei.nuH1sinnedחָֽטְאוּ֙cha.te.'UH2398, andareH369goneH369; It is we whohave been burdenedסָבָֽלְנוּ׃sa.Val.nuH5445with the punishmentH5771forH5771their wrongdoingsH5771.

8Slavesעֲבָדִים֙'a.va.DimH5650ruleמָ֣שְׁלוּMa.she.luH4910over us;ThereH369isH369noH369oneH369to rescueפֹּרֵ֖קpo.RekH6561us from their handמִיָּדָֽם׃mi.ya.DamH3027.

9We getנָבִ֣יאna.Vi'H935our breadלַחְמֵ֔נוּlach.Me.nuH3899at therisk of our livesבְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙be.naf.She.nuH5315Becauseמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH4480 H6440of the swordחֶ֥רֶבChe.revH2719in the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ha.mid.BarH4057.

10Our skinעוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙o.Re.nuH5785has becomeH3648ashotH3648as an ovenכְּתַנּ֣וּרke.ta.NurH8574,Becauseמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH4480 H6440of the ravagesזַלְעֲפ֥וֹתzal.'a.FotH2152of hungerרָעָֽב׃ra.'AvH7458.

11They violatedעִנּ֔וּ'i.NuH6031thewomenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802in Zionבְּצִיּ֣וֹןbe.tzi.YonH6726,The virginsבְּתֻלֹ֖תbe.tu.LotH1330in the citiesבְּעָרֵ֥יbe.'a.ReiH5892of Judahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

12Leadersשָׂרִים֙sa.RimH8269were hungנִתְל֔וּnit.LuH8518by their handsבְּיָדָ֣םbe.ya.DamH3027;Eldersזְקֵנִ֖יםze.ke.NimH2205were not respectedנֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃neh.Da.ruH1921.

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