Lamentations 5:20

5:20 Why do you keep on forgetting us?

Why do you forsake us so long?

Lamentations 3:44

3:44 You shrouded yourself with a cloud

so that no prayer can get through.

Lamentations 3:18

3:18 So I said, “My endurance has expired;

I have lost all hope of deliverance from the Lord.”

Lamentations 4:14

נ (Nun)

4:14 They wander blindly through the streets,

defiled by the blood they shed,

while no one dares

to touch their garments.

Lamentations 3:7

ג (Gimel)

3:7 He has walled me in so that I cannot get out;

he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains.

Lamentations 4:18

צ (Tsade)

4:18 Our enemies hunted us down at every step

so that we could not walk about in our streets.

Our end drew near, our days were numbered,

for our end had come!

Lamentations 4:15

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, “They may not stay here any longer.”

Lamentations 2:14

נ (Nun)

2:14 Your prophets saw visions for you

that were worthless lies.

They failed to expose your sin

so as to restore your fortunes.

They saw oracles for you

that were worthless lies.

Lamentations 1:8

ח (Khet)

1:8 Jerusalem committed terrible sin;

therefore she became an object of scorn.

All who admired her have despised her

because they have seen her nakedness.

She groans aloud

and turns away in shame.

Lamentations 3:29

3:29 Let him bury his face in the dust;

perhaps there is hope.

Lamentations 2:22

ת (Tav)

2:22 As if it were a feast day, you call

enemies to terrify me on every side.

On the day of the Lord’s anger

no one escaped or survived.

My enemy has finished off

those healthy infants whom I bore and raised.

Lamentations 3:24

3:24 “My portion is the Lord,” I have said to myself,

so I will put my hope in him.

Lamentations 3:26

3:26 It is good to wait patiently

for deliverance from the Lord.

Lamentations 3:32

3:32 Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us

according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.

Lamentations 5:6

5:6 We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria

in order to buy food to eat.

Lamentations 5:21

5:21 Bring us back to yourself, O Lord, so that we may return to you;

renew our life as in days before,

Lamentations 1:21

ש (Sin/Shin)

1:21 They have heard that I groan,

yet there is no one to comfort me.

All my enemies have heard of my trouble;

they are glad that you have brought it about.

Bring about the day of judgment that you promised

so that they may end up like me!

Lamentations 2:13

מ (Mem)

2:13 With what can I equate you?

To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem?

To what can I liken you

so that I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion?

Your wound is as deep as the sea.

Who can heal you?

Lamentations 1:6

ו (Vav)

1:6 All of Daughter Zion’s splendor

has departed.

Her leaders became like deer;

they found no pasture,

so they were too exhausted to escape

from the hunter.

Lamentations 1:1

The Prophet Speaks:

א (Alef)

1:1 Alas! The city once full of people

now sits all alone!

The prominent lady among the nations

has become a widow!

The princess who once ruled the provinces

has become a forced laborer!