Revised Version 1895

Lamentations 4:1-6

1Howאֵיכָה֙'ei.KhahH349is thegoldזָהָ֔בza.HavH2091becomeיוּעַ֣םyu.'AmH6004dim!howH349is themostH6944pureהַטּ֑וֹבha.TovH2896goldH2091changedיִשְׁנֶ֖אyish.Ne'H8132! thestonesאַבְנֵי־'av.nei-H68of thesanctuaryH6944arepouredH8210outH8210at thetopבְּרֹ֖אשׁbe.RoshH7218ofeveryכָּל־kol-H3605streetחוּצֽוֹת׃ סchu.TzotH2351.

2Thepreciousהַיְקָרִ֔יםhay.ka.RimH3368sonsבְּנֵ֤יbe.NeiH1121ofZionצִיּוֹן֙tzi.yOnH6726, comparable tofineH6337goldבַּפָּ֑זba.PazH6337,howאֵיכָ֤ה'ei.KhahH349are theyesteemedנֶחְשְׁבוּ֙nech.she.VuH2803asearthenחֶ֔רֶשׂChe.resH2789pitchers, theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֖הma.'a.SehH4639of thehandsיְדֵ֥יye.DeiH3027of thepotterיוֹצֵֽר׃ סyo.TzerH3335!

3Evenגַּם־gam-H1571the jackalsdrawH3243outH3243thebreastשַׁ֔דShadH7699, they givesuckH3243to theiryoungגּוּרֵיהֶ֑ןgu.rei.HenH1482ones: thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323of mypeopleעַמִּ֣י'a.MiH5971is becomecruelלְאַכְזָ֔רle.'akh.ZarH393, like theostrichesכַּיְעֵנִ֖יםka.e.nimH3283in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ סba.mid.BarH4057.

4Thetongueלְשׁ֥וֹןle.ShonH3956of the suckingchildH5768cleaveth to theroofH2441of hismouthH2441forthirstבַּצָּמָ֑אba.tza.Ma'H6772: the youngchildrenH5768askשָׁ֣אֲלוּSha.'a.luH7592breadלֶ֔חֶםLe.chemH3899, andnoH369manH369breaketh it unto them.

5They that didfeedהָאֹֽכְלִים֙ha.'o.khe.LimH398delicately aredesolateנָשַׁ֖מּוּna.Sha.muH8074in thestreetsבַּחוּצ֑וֹתba.chu.TzotH2351: they that were broughtupעֲלֵ֣י'a.LeiH5921inscarletתוֹלָ֔עto.La'H8438embraceחִבְּק֖וּchi.be.KuH2263dung-hills.

6For theiniquityעֲוֹ֣ן'a.VonH5771of thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323of mypeopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971isgreaterוַיִּגְדַּל֙vai.yig.DalH1431thanH3808thesinמֵֽחַטַּ֖אתme.cha.TatH2403ofSodomסְדֹ֑םse.DomH5467, that wasoverthrownהַֽהֲפוּכָ֣הha.ha.fu.KhahH2015as in amomentרָ֔גַעRa.ga'H7281, andnoH3808handsיָדָֽיִם׃ סya.Da.yimH3027were laiduponH3027herH1323.

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