Revised Version 1895

Lamentations 1:18-22

18TheLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068isrighteousצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662; for I haverebelledH4784againstH4784hiscommandmentפִ֣יהוּFi.huH6310:hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085, Iprayנָ֣אna'H4994youכִּ֣יkiH3588,allכָל־khol-H3605yepeoplesהָֽעַמִּ֗יםha.'a.mimH5971, andbeholdוּרְאוּ֙u.re.'UH7200mysorrowמַכְאֹבִ֔יmakh.'o.ViH4341: myvirginsבְּתוּלֹתַ֥יbe.tu.lo.TaiH1330and myyoungוּבַחוּרַ֖יu.va.chu.RaiH970menH970aregoneH1980intoH1980captivityבַשֶּֽׁבִי׃ סva.She.viH7628.

19Icalledקָרָ֤אתִיka.Ra.tiH7121for myloversלַֽמְאַהֲבַי֙lam.'a.ha.VaiH157, but theydeceivedרִמּ֔וּנִיri.Mu.niH7411meH5315: mypriestsכֹּהֲנַ֥יko.ha.NaiH3548and mineeldersוּזְקֵנַ֖יu.ze.ke.NaiH2205gaveH7121upאֶת־'et-H853the ghost in thecityבָּעִ֣ירba.'IrH5892,whileכִּֽי־ki-H3588theysoughtבִקְשׁ֥וּvik.ShuH1245them meat to refresh theirsoulsH5315.

20BeholdH7200, OLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068; for I am indistressצַר־tzar-H6862; mybowelsמֵעַ֣יme.'AiH4578are troubled; mineheartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820isturnedנֶהְפַּ֤ךְneh.PakhH2015withinבְּקִרְבִּ֔יbe.kir.BiH7130meH7200; for I have grievouslyrebelledH4784:abroadמִח֥וּץmi.ChutzH2351theswordחֶ֖רֶבChe.revH2719bereaveth, athomeבַּבַּ֥יִתba.Ba.yitH1004there is asdeathכַּמָּֽוֶת׃ סka.Ma.vetH4194.

21They haveheardשָׁמְע֞וּsha.me.'UH8085that Isighנֶאֱנָחָ֣הne.'e.na.ChahH584; there isnoneאֵ֤ין'einH369tocomfortמְנַחֵם֙me.na.ChemH5162meH935;allכָּל־kol-H3605mineenemiesאֹ֨יְבַ֜י'o.ye.VaiH341haveheardשָׁמְע֤וּsha.me.'UH8085of mytroubleרָֽעָתִי֙ra.'a.TiH7451; they aregladשָׂ֔שׂוּSa.suH7797that thou hastdoneעָשִׂ֑יתָ'a.Si.taH6213it: thou wiltbringH935thedayיוֹם־yom-H3117that thou hastproclaimedקָרָ֖אתָka.Ra.taH7121, and they shall be like untomeH935.

22LetallH3605theirwickednessרָעָתָ֤םra.'a.TamH7451comeתָּבֹ֨אta.Vo'H935beforeH6440thee; anddoH3605unto them, as thou hastdoneH7451untomeH6440forallH3605mytransgressionsפְּשָׁעָ֑יpe.sha.'AiH6588: for my sighs aremanyרַבּ֥וֹתra.BotH7227, and myheartוְלִבִּ֥יve.li.BiH3820isfaintדַוָּֽי׃ פda.VaiH1742.

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