Distress of the Siege Described
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The precious sons of Zion,
Weighed against fine gold,
How they are regarded as (B)earthen jars,
The work of a potter’s hands!
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How they are regarded as (B)earthen jars,
The work of a potter’s hands!
Our pursuers were (AJ)swifter
Than the eagles of the sky;
They chased us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
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Than the eagles of the sky;
They chased us on the mountains,
They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
Footnotes:
a.
Lamentations 4:1: ['Lit ', head]
b.
Lamentations 4:5: ['Lit ', established in crimson]
c.
Lamentations 4:6: ['Or ', punishment for iniquity]
d.
Lamentations 4:6: ['Or ', punishment for sin]
e.
Lamentations 4:6: ['Or ', wrung over her]
f.
Lamentations 4:7: ['Or ', Nazirites]
g.
Lamentations 4:7: ['Lit ', bones]
h.
Lamentations 4:7: ['Heb ', sappir]
i.
Lamentations 4:9: ['Lit ', pierced]
j.
Lamentations 4:9: ['Lit ', pierced]
k.
Lamentations 4:9: ['Lit ', flow away]
l.
Lamentations 4:9: ['Lit ', my fields]
m.
Lamentations 4:15: ['Or ', they, ' (men) ', cried to them]
n.
Lamentations 4:16: ['Lit ', lift up the faces of]
o.
Lamentations 4:17: ['Lit ', our help]
p.
Lamentations 4:18: ['Lit ', full]