Lament over Jerusalem
2 ב Bet
3 ג Gimel
4 ד Dalet
5 ה He
6 ו Vav
7 ז Zayin
During the days of her affliction and homelessness(N)
Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongings
that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into the adversary’s hand,
she had no one to help.
The adversaries looked at her,
laughing over her downfall.
Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongings
that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into the adversary’s hand,
she had no one to help.
The adversaries looked at her,
laughing over her downfall.
8 ח Khet
Jerusalem has sinned grievously;
therefore, she has become an object of scorn.(d)
All who honored her now despise her,
for they have seen her nakedness.
She herself groans and turns away.
therefore, she has become an object of scorn.(d)
All who honored her now despise her,
for they have seen her nakedness.
She herself groans and turns away.
9 ט Tet
10 י Yod
The adversary has seized
all her precious belongings.
She has even seen the nations
enter her sanctuary—
those You had forbidden
to enter Your assembly.(Q)
all her precious belongings.
She has even seen the nations
enter her sanctuary—
those You had forbidden
to enter Your assembly.(Q)
11 כ Kaf
12 ל Lamed
13 מ Mem
14 נ Nun
15 ס Samek
16 ע Ayin
17 פ Pe
Zion stretches out her hands;
there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has issued a decree against Jacob
that his neighbors should be his adversaries.
Jerusalem has become
something impure(AE) among them.
there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has issued a decree against Jacob
that his neighbors should be his adversaries.
Jerusalem has become
something impure(AE) among them.
18 צ Tsade
19 ק Qof
20 ר Resh
21 שׁ Shin
Footnotes:
a.
Lamentations 1:1: The stanzas in Lm 1–4 form an acrostic.
b.
Lamentations 1:2: Jerusalem’s political allies
c.
Lamentations 1:3: Or because of
d.
Lamentations 1:8: Or become impure
e.
Lamentations 1:13: DSS, LXX; MT reads bones, and it prevailed against them
f.
Lamentations 1:14: Some Hb mss, LXX read He kept watch over my transgressions
g.
Lamentations 1:14: Or The yoke of my transgressions is bound; Hb obscure
h.
Lamentations 1:15: Or has announced an appointed time
i.
Lamentations 1:16: Lit my eye, my eye flows
j.
Lamentations 1:20: Lit is turned within me