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Lamentations 1

1How doth thecityהָעִיר֙ha.'IrH5892sitיָשְׁבָ֣הya.she.VahH3427desolateבָדָ֗דva.DadH910, that wasfullרַבָּ֣תִיra.Ba.tiH7227ofpeopleעָ֔ם'AmH5971! how is she become as awidowכְּאַלְמָנָ֑הke.'al.ma.NahH490! she that wasgreatרַּבָּ֣תִיra.Ba.tiH7227among thenationsבַגּוֹיִ֗םva.go.YimH1471, andprincessשָׂרָ֙תִי֙sa.Ra.tiH8282among theprovincesבַּמְּדִינ֔וֹתba.me.di.NotH4082, how is she become a forcedlabourerלָמַֽס׃ סla.MasH4522!

2Sheweepethבָּכ֨וֹba.KhoH1058bitterlyתִבְכֶּ֜הtiv.KehH1058in thenightבַּלַּ֗יְלָהba.Lay.lahH3915, and hertearsוְדִמְעָתָהּ֙ve.dim.'a.TahH1832are on hercheeksלֶֽחֱיָ֔הּle.che.YahH3895: among all herloversאֹהֲבֶ֑יהָ'o.ha.Vei.haH157she hath none tocomfortמְנַחֵ֖םme.na.ChemH5162her : all herfriendsרֵעֶ֙יהָ֙re.'Ei.haH7453have dealttreacherouslyבָּ֣גְדוּBa.ge.duH898with her, they are become herenemiesלְאֹיְבִֽים׃ סle.'o.ye.VimH341.

3Judahיְהוּדָ֤הye.hu.DahH3063is gone intocaptivityגָּֽלְתָ֨הgal.TahH1540because ofafflictionמֵעֹ֙נִי֙me.'O.niH6040, and because ofgreatוּמֵרֹ֣בu.me.RoH7230servitudeעֲבֹדָ֔ה'a.vo.DahH5656: shedwellethיָשְׁבָ֣הya.she.VahH3427among theheathenבַגּוֹיִ֔םva.go.YimH1471, shefindethמָצְאָ֖הma.tze.'AhH4672norestמָנ֑וֹחַma.No.achH4494: all herpersecutorsרֹדְפֶ֥יהָro.de.Fei.haH7291overtookהִשִּׂיג֖וּהָhi.si.Gu.haH5381her in the midst ofdistressהַמְּצָרִֽים׃ סha.me.tza.RimH4712.

4Thewaysדַּרְכֵ֨יdar.KheiH1870ofZionצִיּ֜וֹןtzi.YonH6726domournאֲבֵל֗וֹת'a.ve.LotH57, because nonecomeבָּאֵ֣יba.'EiH935to the solemnfeastsמוֹעֵ֔דmo.'EdH4150: all hergatesשְׁעָרֶ֙יהָ֙she.'a.Rei.haH8179aredesolateשֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔יןsho.me.MinH8074: herpriestsכֹּהֲנֶ֖יהָko.ha.Nei.haH3548sighנֶאֱנָחִ֑יםne.'e.na.ChimH584, hervirginsבְּתוּלֹתֶ֥יהָbe.tu.lo.Tei.haH1330areafflictedנּוּג֖וֹתnu.GotH3013, and she is inbitternessמַר־mar-H4843.

5Heradversariesצָרֶ֤יהָtza.Rei.haH6862are theheadלְרֹאשׁ֙le.roShH7218, herenemiesאֹיְבֶ֣יהָ'o.ye.Vei.haH341prosperשָׁל֔וּsha.LuH7951; for theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068hathafflictedהוֹגָ֖הּho.GahH3013her for themultitudeרֹב־rov-H7230of hertransgressionsפְּשָׁעֶ֑יהָpe.sha.'Ei.haH6588: herchildrenעוֹלָלֶ֛יהָo.la.Lei.haH5768aregoneהָלְכ֥וּha.le.KhuH1980intocaptivityשְׁבִ֖יshe.ViH7628beforeלִפְנֵי־lif.nei-H6440theenemyצָֽר׃ סTzarH6862.

6And from thedaughterמִבַּתmi.vat-H1323ofZionצִיּ֖וֹןtzi.YonH6726all herbeautyהֲדָרָ֑הּha.da.RahH1926hathdepartedוַיֵּצֵ֥אvai.ye.Tze'H3318: herprincesשָׂרֶ֗יהָsa.Rei.haH8269are become likehartsכְּאַיָּלִים֙ke.'ai.ya.LimH354thatfindמָצְא֣וּma.tze.'UH4672nopastureמִרְעֶ֔הmir.'EhH4829, and they aregoneH3212withoutstrengthכֹ֖חַKho.achH3581beforeלִפְנֵ֥יlif.NeiH6440thepursuerרוֹדֵֽף׃ סro.DefH7291.

7Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֗םye.ru.sha.LimH3389rememberedזָֽכְרָ֣הza.khe.RahH2142in thedaysיְמֵ֤יye.MeiH3117of herafflictionעָנְיָהּ֙'a.ne.YahH6040and of hermiseriesוּמְרוּדֶ֔יהָu.me.ru.Dei.haH4788all her pleasantthingsמַחֲמֻדֶ֔יהָma.cha.mu.Dei.haH4262that she had in thedaysמִ֣ימֵיMi.meiH3117ofoldקֶ֑דֶםKe.demH6924, when herpeopleעַמָּ֣הּ'a.MahH5971fellבִּנְפֹ֧לbin.FolH5307into thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of theenemyצָ֗רTzarH6862, and nonehelpedעוֹזֵר֙o.ZerH5826her: theadversariesצָרִ֔יםtza.RimH6862sawרָא֣וּהָra.'U.haH7200her, andmockedשָׂחֲק֖וּsa.cha.KuH7832at hersabbathsמִשְׁבַּתֶּֽהָ׃ סmish.ba.Te.haH4868.

8Jerusalemיְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimH3389hathgrievouslyחֵ֤טְאchet'H2399sinnedחָֽטְאָה֙cha.te.'AhH2398; therefore she isremovedלְנִידָ֣הle.ni.DahH5206: all thathonouredמְכַבְּדֶ֤יהָme.kha.be.Dei.haH3513herdespiseהִזִּיל֙וּהָ֙hi.zi.Lu.haH2107her, because they haveseenרָא֣וּra.'UH7200hernakednessעֶרְוָתָ֔הּ'er.va.TahH6172: yea, shesighethנֶאֶנְחָ֖הne.'en.ChahH584, andturnethוַתָּ֥שָׁבva.Ta.shovH7725backwardאָחֽוֹר׃ ס'a.ChorH268.

9Herfilthinessטֻמְאָתָ֣הּtum.'a.TahH2932is in herskirtsבְּשׁוּלֶ֗יהָbe.shu.Lei.haH7757; sherememberethזָֽכְרָה֙za.khe.RahH2142not her latterendאַחֲרִיתָ֔הּ'a.cha.ri.TahH319; therefore she hath beenmarvellouslyפְּלָאִ֔יםpe.la.'ImH6382abasedוַתֵּ֣רֶדva.Te.redH3381: she had nocomforterמְנַחֵ֖םme.na.ChemH5162. OLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068,beholdרְאֵ֤הre.'EhH7200myafflictionעָנְיִ֔י'a.ne.YiH6040: for theenemyאוֹיֵֽב׃ ס'o.YevH341hathmagnifiedהִגְדִּ֖ילhig.DilH1431himself .

10Theadversaryצָ֔רTzarH6862hath spreadoutפָּ֣רַשׂPa.rasH6566hishandיָדוֹ֙ya.DoH3027upon all her pleasantthingsמַחֲמַדֶּ֑יהָma.cha.ma.Dei.haH4261: for she hathseenרָאֲתָ֤הra.'a.TahH7200that theheathenגוֹיִם֙go.YimH1471enteredבָּ֣אוּBa.'uH935into hersanctuaryמִקְדָּשָׁ֔הּmik.da.ShahH4720, whom thou didstcommandצִוִּ֔יתָהtzi.Vi.tahH6680that they should notenterיָבֹ֥אוּya.Vo.'uH935into thycongregationבַקָּהָ֖לva.ka.HalH6951.

11All herpeopleעַמָּ֤הּ'a.MahH5971sighנֶאֱנָחִים֙ne.'e.na.ChimH584, theyseekמְבַקְּשִׁ֣יםme.va.ke.ShimH1245breadלֶ֔חֶםLe.chemH3899; they havegivenנָתְנ֧וּna.te.NuH5414their pleasantthingsמַחֲמַדֵּיהֶ֛םma.cha.mo.dei.hemH4261 H4262forfoodבְּאֹ֖כֶלbe.'O.khelH400torelieveלְהָשִׁ֣יבle.ha.ShivH7725thesoulנָ֑פֶשׁNa.feshH5315:seeרְאֵ֤הre.'EhH7200, OLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068, andconsiderוְֽהַבִּ֔יטָהve.ha.Bi.tahH5027; for I am becomevileזוֹלֵלָֽה׃ סzo.le.LahH2151.

12Is it nothing to you, all ye thatpassעֹ֣בְרֵיoe.reiH5674byדֶרֶךְ֒de.reKhH1870?beholdהַבִּ֣יטוּha.Bi.tuH5027, andseeוּרְא֗וּu.re.'UH7200if thereisיֵ֤שׁyeshH3426anysorrowמַכְאוֹב֙makh.'OvH4341like mysorrowכְּמַכְאֹבִ֔יke.makh.'o.ViH4341, which hathfallenעוֹלַ֖לo.LalH5953upon me, which theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068hathafflictedהוֹגָ֣הho.GahH3013me in thedayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117of hisfierceחֲר֥וֹןcha.RonH2740angerאַפּֽוֹ׃ ס'a.PoH639.

13Fromaboveמִמָּר֛וֹםmi.ma.RomH4791hath hesentשָֽׁלַח־sha.lach-H7971fireאֵ֥שׁ'eshH784into mybonesבְּעַצְמֹתַ֖יbe.'atz.mo.TaiH6106, and itprevailethוַיִּרְדֶּ֑נָּהvai.yir.De.nahH7287against them: he hathspreadפָּרַ֨שׂpa.RasH6566anetרֶ֤שֶׁתRe.shetH7568for myfeetלְרַגְלַי֙le.rag.LaiH7272, he hathturnedהֱשִׁיבַ֣נִיhe.shi.Va.niH7725mebackאָח֔וֹר'a.ChorH268: he hathmadeנְתָנַ֙נִי֙ne.ta.Na.niH5414medesolateH8074andfaintדָּוָֽה׃ סda.VahH1739all thedayהַיּ֖וֹםhai.YomH3117.

14Theyokeעֹ֨ל'olH5923of mytransgressionsפְּשָׁעַ֜יpe.sha.'AiH6588isboundנִשְׂקַד֩nis.KadH8244by hishandבְּיָד֗וֹbe.ya.DoH3027: they are knittogetherיִשְׂתָּֽרְג֛וּyis.Ta.re.GuH8276, and comeupעָל֥וּ'a.LuH5927upon myneckצַוָּארִ֖יtza.va.RiH6677: he hath made mystrengthכֹּחִ֑יko.ChiH3581tofallהִכְשִׁ֣ילhikh.ShilH3782, theLordאֲדֹנָ֔י'a.do.NaiH136hathdeliveredנְתָנַ֣נִיne.ta.Na.niH5414me into theirhandsבִּידֵ֖יbi.DeiH3027, from whom I am notableאוּכַ֥ל'u.KhalH3201toriseקֽוּם׃ סKumH6965.

15TheLordאֲדֹנָי֙'a.do.NaiH136hath trodden underfootסִלָּ֨הsi.LahH5541all mymightyאַבִּירַ֤י׀'a.bi.RaiH47men in themidstבְּקִרְבִּ֔יbe.kir.BiH7130of me: he hathcalledקָרָ֥אka.Ra'H7121anassemblyמוֹעֵ֖דmo.'EdH4150against me tocrushלִשְׁבֹּ֣רlish.BorH7665my youngmenבַּחוּרָ֑יba.chu.RaiH970: theLordאֲדֹנָ֔י'a.do.NaiH136hathtroddenדָּרַ֣ךְda.RakhH1869thevirginלִבְתוּלַ֖תliv.tu.LatH1330, thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ סye.hu.DahH3063, as in awinepressגַּ֚תgatH1660.

16For these things Iweepבוֹכִיָּ֗הvo.khi.YahH1058; myeyeעֵינִ֤י׀'ei.NiH5869, myeyeעֵינִי֙'ei.NiH5869runnethdownיֹ֣רְדָהYo.re.dahH3381withwaterמַּ֔יִםMa.yimH4325, because thecomforterמְנַחֵ֖םme.na.ChemH5162that shouldrelieveמֵשִׁ֣יבme.ShivH7725mysoulנַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.ShiH5315isfarרָחַ֥קra.ChakH7368from me: mychildrenבָנַי֙va.NaiH1121aredesolateשֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔יםsho.me.MimH8074, because theenemyאוֹיֵֽב׃ ס'o.YevH341prevailedגָבַ֖רga.VarH1396.

17Zionצִיּ֜וֹןtzi.YonH6726spreadethforthפֵּֽרְשָׂ֨הpe.re.SahH6566herhandsבְּיָדֶ֗יהָbe.ya.Dei.haH3027, and there is none tocomfortמְנַחֵם֙me.na.ChemH5162her: theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068hathcommandedצִוָּ֧הtzi.VahH6680concerningJacobלְיַעֲקֹ֖בle.ya.'a.KoH3290, that hisadversariesצָרָ֑יוtza.RavH6862should bearoundסְבִיבָ֣יוse.vi.VavH5439him:Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִַ֛םye.ru.sha.LimH3389is as a menstruouswomanלְנִדָּ֖הle.ni.DahH5079among them.

18TheLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068isrighteousצַדִּ֥יקtza.DikH6662; for I haverebelledמָרִ֑יתִיma.Ri.tiH4784against hiscommandmentפִ֣יהוּFi.huH6310:hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085, I pray you, allpeopleהָֽעַמִּ֗יםha.'a.mimH5971, andbeholdוּרְאוּ֙u.re.'UH7200mysorrowמַכְאֹבִ֔יmakh.'o.ViH4341: myvirginsבְּתוּלֹתַ֥יbe.tu.lo.TaiH1330and my youngmenוּבַחוּרַ֖יu.va.chu.RaiH970aregoneהָלְכ֥וּha.le.KhuH1980intocaptivityבַשֶּֽׁבִי׃ סva.She.viH7628.

19Icalledקָרָ֤אתִיka.Ra.tiH7121for myloversלַֽמְאַהֲבַי֙lam.'a.ha.VaiH157, but theydeceivedרִמּ֔וּנִיri.Mu.niH7411me: mypriestsכֹּהֲנַ֥יko.ha.NaiH3548and myeldersוּזְקֵנַ֖יu.ze.ke.NaiH2205gave up theghostגָּוָ֑עוּga.Va.'uH1478in thecityבָּעִ֣ירba.'IrH5892, while theysoughtבִקְשׁ֥וּvik.ShuH1245theirfoodאֹ֙כֶל֙'o.khelH400torelieveוְיָשִׁ֖יבוּve.ya.Shi.vuH7725theirsoulsנַפְשָֽׁם׃ סnaf.ShamH5315.

20Beholdרְאֵ֨הre.'EhH7200, OLORDיְהוָ֤הYah.wehH3068; for I am indistressH6887: myheartמֵעַ֣יme.'AiH4578istroubledחֳמַרְמָ֔רוּcho.mar.Ma.ruH2560; myheartלִבִּי֙li.BiH3820isturnedנֶהְפַּ֤ךְneh.PakhH2015withinבְּקִרְבִּ֔יbe.kir.BiH7130me; for I havegrievouslyמָר֖וֹma.RoH4784rebelledמָרִ֑יתִיma.Ri.tiH4784:abroadמִח֥וּץmi.ChutzH2351theswordחֶ֖רֶבChe.revH2719bereavethשִׁכְּלָה־shi.ke.lah-H7921, athomeבַּבַּ֥יִתba.Ba.yitH1004there is asdeathכַּמָּֽוֶת׃ סka.Ma.vetH4194.

21They haveheardשָׁמְע֞וּsha.me.'UH8085that Isighנֶאֱנָחָ֣הne.'e.na.ChahH584: there is none tocomfortמְנַחֵם֙me.na.ChemH5162me: all myenemiesאֹ֨יְבַ֜י'o.ye.VaiH341haveheardשָׁמְע֤וּsha.me.'UH8085of mytroubleרָֽעָתִי֙ra.'a.TiH7451; they aregladשָׂ֔שׂוּSa.suH7797that thou hastdoneעָשִׂ֑יתָ'a.Si.taH6213it : thou wiltbringהֵבֵ֥אתָhe.Ve.taH935thedayיוֹם־yom-H3117that thou hastcalledקָרָ֖אתָka.Ra.taH7121, and they shall belikeכָמֽוֹנִי׃ סkha.Mo.niH3644me.

22Let all theirwickednessרָעָתָ֤םra.'a.TamH7451comeתָּבֹ֨אta.Vo'H935beforeלְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙le.fa.Nei.khaH6440thee; anddoוְעוֹלֵ֣לve.'o.LelH5953to them, as thou hastdoneעוֹלַ֛לְתָּo.Lal.taH5953to me for all mytransgressionsפְּשָׁעָ֑יpe.sha.'AiH6588: for mysighsאַנְחֹתַ֖י'an.cho.TaiH585aremanyרַבּ֥וֹתra.BotH7227, and myheartוְלִבִּ֥יve.li.BiH3820isfaintדַוָּֽי׃ פda.VaiH1742.

Commentaries on Lamentations 1

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