3:45 You make us like filthy scum
in the estimation
3:14 I have become the laughingstock of all people,
their mocking song
3:48 Streams
because my people
י (Yod)
4:10 The hands of tenderhearted women
cooked their own children,
who became their food,
when my people
א (Alef)
1:1
now sits all alone!
The prominent
has become a widow!
The princess
has become
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!”
צ (Tsade)
1:18 The Lord is right to judge me!
Yes, I rebelled against his commands.
Please listen, all you nations,
and look at my suffering!
My young women and men
have gone into exile.
כ (Kaf)
2:11 My eyes are worn out
my stomach is in knots.
My heart
due to the destruction
children and infants faint
in the town squares.
ג (Gimel)
4:3 Even the jackals
at their breast,
but my people
like ostriches
ו (Vav)
4:6 The punishment
exceeded that of
which was overthrown in a moment
with no one to help her.
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