Lamentations 4:2

ב (Bet)

4:2 The precious sons of Zion

were worth their weight in gold –

Alas! – but now they are treated like ¹  broken clay pots,

made by a potter. ² 

Lamentations 4:10

י (Yod)

4:10 The hands of tenderhearted women ³ 

cooked their own children,

who became their food, ⁴ 

when my people ⁵  were destroyed. ⁶ 

[4:2]  ¹ tn Heb “they are regarded as.”

[4:2]  ² tn Heb “the work of the hands of a potter.”

[4:10]  ³ tn Heb “the hands of compassionate women.”

[4:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “eating.” The infinitive construct (from I בָּרָה, barah) is translated as a noun. Three passages employ the verb (2 Sam 3:35; 12:17; 13:5,6,10) for eating when ill or in mourning.

[4:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “the daughter of my people.”

[4:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the destruction of the daughter of my people.”