Judgment on Jerusalem
2 ב Bet
3 ג Gimel
4 ד Dalet
5 ה He
The Lord is like an enemy;
He has swallowed up Israel.
He swallowed up all its palaces
and destroyed its fortified cities.
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation
within Daughter Judah.(J)
He has swallowed up Israel.
He swallowed up all its palaces
and destroyed its fortified cities.
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation
within Daughter Judah.(J)
6 ו Vav
7 ז Zayin
The Lord has rejected His altar,
repudiated His sanctuary;(L)
He has handed the walls of her palaces
over to the enemy.
They have raised a shout in the house of the Lord
as on the day of an appointed festival.
repudiated His sanctuary;(L)
He has handed the walls of her palaces
over to the enemy.
They have raised a shout in the house of the Lord
as on the day of an appointed festival.
8 ח Khet
The Lord determined to destroy
the wall of Daughter Zion.
He stretched out a measuring line(M)
and did not restrain Himself from destroying.
He made the ramparts and walls grieve;
together they waste away.
the wall of Daughter Zion.
He stretched out a measuring line(M)
and did not restrain Himself from destroying.
He made the ramparts and walls grieve;
together they waste away.
9 ט Tet
10 י Yod
11 כ Kaf
12 ל Lamed
They cry out to their mothers:
Where is the grain and wine?(V)
as they faint like the wounded
in the streets of the city,
as their lives fade away
in the arms of their mothers.
Where is the grain and wine?(V)
as they faint like the wounded
in the streets of the city,
as their lives fade away
in the arms of their mothers.
13 מ Mem
What can I say on your behalf?
What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem?
What can I liken you to,
so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion?
For your ruin is as vast as the sea.
Who can heal you?(W)
What can I compare you to, Daughter Jerusalem?
What can I liken you to,
so that I may console you, Virgin Daughter Zion?
For your ruin is as vast as the sea.
Who can heal you?(W)
14 נ Nun
15 ס Samek
16 פ Pe
17 ע Ayin
The Lord has done what He planned;
He has accomplished His decree,
which He ordained in days of old.
He has demolished without compassion,(AH)
letting the enemy gloat over you
and exalting the horn of your adversaries.
He has accomplished His decree,
which He ordained in days of old.
He has demolished without compassion,(AH)
letting the enemy gloat over you
and exalting the horn of your adversaries.
18 צ Tsade
19 ק Qof
20 ר Resh
Footnotes:
a.
Lamentations 2:1: Either the ark of the covenant or the temple
b.
Lamentations 2:4: Lit killed all the delights of the eye; Ezk 24:16
c.
Lamentations 2:6: Lit booth
d.
Lamentations 2:9: Or the law
e.
Lamentations 2:11: Lit My liver is poured out on the ground
f.
Lamentations 2:15: Lit hiss
g.
Lamentations 2:18: Lit and the daughter of your
h.
Lamentations 2:20: Or infants in a healthy condition; Hb obscure
i.
Lamentations 2:22: Or terrors
j.
Lamentations 2:22: Or I bore healthy; Hb obscure