ז (Zayin)
1:7 Jerusalem
when
all her treasures
that she owned in days of old.
When her people fell into an enemy’s grip,
none of her allies came to her rescue.
Her enemies
they sneered
ח (Khet)
1:8 Jerusalem committed terrible sin;
therefore she became an object of scorn.
All who admired
because they have seen her nakedness.
She groans aloud
and turns away in shame.
ט (Tet)
1:9 Her menstrual flow
she did not consider
Her demise
and there was no one to comfort her.
She cried, “Look,
because my
י (Yod)
1:10 An enemy grabbed
all her valuables.
Indeed she watched in horror
invaded her holy temple
those whom you
“They must not enter
כ (Kaf)
1:11 All her people groaned
as they searched for a morsel of bread.
They exchanged
for
to stay alive.
“Look, O Lord! Consider
that I have become worthless!”
ל (Lamed)
1:12 Is it nothing to you,
Look and see!
Is there any pain like mine?
The Lord
he
when
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.
נ (Nun)
1:14 My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke;
they are fastened together by his hand.
He has placed his yoke
he has sapped my strength.
The Lord
to those whom I cannot resist.