1
How doth the
city sit solitary, that was
full of
people! how is she become as a
widow! she that was
great among the
nations, and
princess among the
provinces, how is she become
tributary!
h't.y'h ~'[<05971!> yit'B;r ryi['h d'd'b h'b.v'y h'kyea ? tw{nyid.M;B yit'r'f ~Iyw{G;b yit'B;r h'n'm.l;a.K<0490!> ? s;m'l<04522!> h't.y'h
2
She
weepeth sore in the
night, and her
tears are on her
cheeks: among all her
lovers she hath none to
comfort her: all her
friends have dealt
treacherously with her, they are become her
enemies.
H'l -nyea H'y/x,l l;[ H't'[.mid.w h'l.y;L;B h,K.bit w{k'B ? H'b .Wd.g'B 'hy,[er -l'K 'hy,b]h{a -l'Kim ~ex;n.m ? ~yib.y{a.l H'l .Wy'h
3
Judah is gone into
captivity because of
affliction, and because of
great servitude: she
dwelleth among the
heathen, she
findeth no
rest: all her
persecutors overtook her between the
straits.
h'b.v'y ayih h'd{b][ b{rem.W yin{[em h'd.Wh.y h't.l'G ? 'h.WgyiFih 'hy,p.d{r -l'K ;xw{n'm h'a.c'm a{l ~Iyw{G;b ? ~yir'c.M;h !yeB
4
The
ways of
Zion do
mourn, because none
come to the solemn
feasts: all her
gates are
desolate: her
priests sigh, her
virgins are
afflicted, and she is in
bitterness.
'hy,r'[.v -l'K de[w{m yea'B yil.Bim tw{leb]a !w{Yic yek.r;D ? ]tw{g.WN 'hy,t{l.Wt.B ~yix'n/a,n 'hy,n]h{K !yimemw{v ? H'l -r;m ayih.w
5
Her
adversaries are the
chief, her
enemies prosper; for the
LORD hath
afflicted her for the
multitude of her
transgressions: her
children are
gone into
captivity before the
enemy.
h'wh.y -yiK .Wl'v 'hy,b.y{a va{r.l 'hy,r'c .Wy'h ? yib.v .Wk.l'h 'hy,l'lw{[ 'hy,['v.P -b{r l;[ H'gw{h ? r'c -yen.pil
6
And from the
daughter of
Zion all her
beauty is
departed: her
princes are become like
harts that
find no
pasture, and they are
gone without
strength before the
pursuer.
~yil'Y;a.K 'hy,r'f .Wy'h H'r'd]h -l'K t;b -nim aeceY;w ? yen.pil ;x{k -a{l.b .Wk.leY;w h,[.rim .Wa.c'm -a{l ? @edw{r
7
Jerusalem remembered in the
days of her
affliction and of her
miseries all her pleasant
things that she had in the
days of
old, when her
people fell into the
hand of the
enemy, and none did
help her: the
adversaries saw her, and did
mock at her
sabbaths.
l{K 'hy,d.Wr.m.W H'y.n'[ yem.y ~i;l'v.Wr.y h'r.k'z ? H'M;[ l{p.niB ~,d,q yemyim .Wy'h r,v]a 'hy,dUm]x;m ? ~yir'c 'h.Wa'r H'l rezw{[ !yea.w r'c -d;y.B ? 'h,T;B.vim ]l;[ .Wq]x'f
8
Jerusalem hath
grievously sinned; therefore she is
removed: all that
honoured her
despise her, because they have
seen her
nakedness: yea, she
sigheth, and
turneth backward.
h't'y'h h'dyin.l !eK -l;[ ~i;l'v.Wr.y h'a.j'x a.jex ? H't'w.r,[ .Wa'r -yiK 'h.WlyiZih 'hy,d.B;k.m -l'K ? rw{x'a b'v'T;w h'x.n,a,n ayih -m;G
9
Her
filthiness is in her
skirts; she
remembereth not her last
end; therefore she came
down wonderfully: she had no
comforter. O
LORD, behold my
affliction: for the
enemy hath
magnified himself.
d,reT;w H'tyir]x;a h'r.k'z a{l 'hy,l.Wv.B H't'a.mUj ? yIy.n'[ -t,a h'wh.y hea.r H'l ~ex;n.m !yea ~yia'l.P ? beyw{a lyiD.gih yiK
10
The
adversary hath spread
out his
hand upon all her pleasant
things: for she hath
seen that the
heathen entered into her
sanctuary, whom thou didst
command that they should not
enter into thy
congregation.
h't]a'r -yiK 'hy,D;m]x;m -l'K l;[ r'c f;r'P w{d'y ? .Wa{b'y -a{l h'tyi.Wic r,v]a H'v'D.qim .Wa'B ~Iyw{g ? .$'l l'h'Q;b