ד (Dalet)
1:4 The roads to Zion
because no one
All her city gates
her priests groan.
Her virgins grieve;
she is in bitter anguish!
מ (Mem)
1:13 He sent down fire
into my bones, and it overcame
He spread out a trapper’s net
he made me turn back.
He has made me desolate;
I am faint all day long.
א (Alef)
2:1 Alas!
Daughter Zion
He has thrown down the splendor of Israel
from heaven to earth;
he did not protect
when he displayed his anger.
ב (Bet)
2:2 The Lord
all the homes of Jacob’s descendants.
In his anger he tore down
the fortified cities
He knocked to the ground and humiliated
the kingdom and its rulers.
ג (Gimel)
2:3 In fierce anger
the whole army
He withdrew his right hand
as the enemy attacked.
He was like a raging fire in the land of Jacob;
it consumed everything around it.
ד (Dalet)
2:4 He prepared his bow
his right hand was ready to shoot.
Like a foe he killed everyone,
even our strong young men;
he has poured out his anger like fire
on the tent
ה (He)
2:5 The Lord,
destroyed
He destroyed
he ruined her
He made everyone in Daughter Judah
mourn and lament.
ו (Vav)
2:6 He destroyed his temple
he destroyed his appointed meeting place.
The Lord has made those in Zion forget
both the festivals and the Sabbaths.
In his fierce anger
both king and priest.
ז (Zayin)
2:7 The Lord
and abhorred his temple.
He handed over to the enemy
her palace walls;
the enemy
as if it were a feast day.
ח (Khet)
2:8 The Lord was determined to tear down
Daughter Zion’s wall.
He prepared to knock it down;
he did not withdraw his hand from destroying.
He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament;
together they mourned their ruin.
ט (Tet)
2:9 Her city gates have fallen
he smashed to bits
Her king and princes were taken into exile;
there is no more guidance available.
As for her prophets,
they no longer receive