3:66 Pursue them
from under the Lord’s heaven.
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.
ה (He)
2:5 The Lord,
destroyed
He destroyed
he ruined her
He made everyone in Daughter Judah
mourn and lament.
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
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.
3:48 Streams
because my people
ת (Tav)
2:22 As if it were a feast day, you call
enemies
On the day of the Lord’s anger
no one escaped or survived.
My enemy has finished off
those healthy infants whom I bore
י (Yod)
4:10 The hands of tenderhearted women
cooked their own children,
who became their food,
when my people
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.
3:53 They shut me
and threw stones at me.
פ (Pe)
2:16 All your enemies
gloated over you.
They sneered and gnashed their teeth;
they said, “We have destroyed
Ha! We have waited a long time for this day.
We have lived to see it!”
ש (Sin/Shin)
1:21 They have heard
yet there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
they are glad that you
Bring about
so that
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.
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.
ע (Ayin)
2:17 The Lord has done what he planned;
he has fulfilled
that he threatened
He has overthrown you without mercy
and has enabled the enemy to gloat over you;
he has exalted your adversaries’ power.