3:32 Though he causes us
according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.
3:29 Let him bury his face in the dust;
perhaps there is hope.
3:41 Let us lift up our hearts
to God in heaven:
3:54 The waters closed over my head;
I thought
3:65 Give them a distraught heart;
may your curse be on them!
3:39 Why should any living person
when punished for his sins?
ס (Samek)
3:43 You shrouded yourself
you killed without mercy.
3:56 You heard
“Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!”
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.
ל (Lamed)
2:12 Children
“Where are food and drink?”
They faint
in the city squares.
They die slowly
in their mothers’ arms.
צ (Tsade)
2:18 Cry out
O wall of Daughter Zion!
Make your tears flow like a river
all day and all night long!
Do not rest;
do not let your tears
ס (Samek)
4:15 People cry to them, “Turn away! You are unclean!
Turn away! Turn away! Don’t touch us!”
So they have fled and wander about;
but the nations say,
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