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Lamentations 5:8-16

8Servantsעֲבָדִים֙'a.va.DimH5650haveruledמָ֣שְׁלוּMa.she.luH4910over us: there is none that dothdeliverפֹּרֵ֖קpo.RekH6561us out of theirhandמִיָּדָֽם׃mi.ya.DamH3027.

9Wegotנָבִ֣יאna.Vi'H935ourbreadלַחְמֵ֔נוּlach.Me.nuH3899with the peril of ourlivesבְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙be.naf.She.nuH5315becauseמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440of theswordחֶ֥רֶבChe.revH2719of thewildernessהַמִּדְבָּֽר׃ha.mid.BarH4057.

10Ourskinעוֹרֵ֙נוּ֙o.Re.nuH5785wasblackנִכְמָ֔רוּnikh.Ma.ruH3648like anovenכְּתַנּ֣וּרke.ta.NurH8574becauseמִפְּנֵ֖יmi.pe.NeiH6440of theterribleזַלְעֲפ֥וֹתzal.'a.FotH2152famineרָעָֽב׃ra.'AvH7458.

11Theyravishedעִנּ֔וּ'i.NuH6031thewomenנָשִׁים֙na.ShimH802inZionבְּצִיּ֣וֹןbe.tzi.YonH6726, and themaidsבְּתֻלֹ֖תbe.tu.LotH1330in thecitiesבְּעָרֵ֥יbe.'a.ReiH5892ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

12Princesשָׂרִים֙sa.RimH8269arehangedנִתְל֔וּnit.LuH8518by theirhandבְּיָדָ֣םbe.ya.DamH3027: thefacesפְּנֵ֥יpe.NeiH6440ofeldersזְקֵנִ֖יםze.ke.NimH2205were nothonouredנֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃neh.Da.ruH1921.

13Theytookנָשָׂ֔אוּna.Sa.'uH5375the youngmenבַּחוּרִים֙ba.chu.RimH970togrindטְח֣וֹןte.ChonH2911, and thechildrenוּנְעָרִ֖יםu.ne.'a.RimH5288fellכָּשָֽׁלוּ׃ka.Sha.luH3782under thewoodבָּעֵ֥ץba.'EtzH6086.

14Theeldersזְקֵנִים֙ze.ke.NimH2205haveceasedשָׁבָ֔תוּsha.Va.tuH7673from thegateמִשַּׁ֣עַרmi.Sha.'arH8179, the youngmenבַּחוּרִ֖יםba.chu.RimH970from theirmusicמִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃mi.ne.gi.na.TamH5058.

15Thejoyמְשׂ֣וֹשׂme.SosH4885of ourheartלִבֵּ֔נוּli.Be.nuH3820hathceasedשָׁבַת֙sha.VatH7673; ourdanceמְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃me.cho.Le.nuH4234isturnedנֶהְפַּ֥ךְneh.PakhH2015intomourningלְאֵ֖בֶלle.'E.velH60.

16Thecrownעֲטֶ֣רֶת'a.Te.retH5850isfallenנָֽפְלָה֙na.fe.LahH5307from ourheadרֹאשֵׁ֔נוּro.She.nuH7218:woeאֽוֹי־'o-H188to us, that we havesinnedחָטָֽאנוּ׃cha.Ta.nuH2398!

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