But this I call to mind; therefore I have hope:

ת (Tav) 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.

Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer.

ש (Sin/Shin) You have heard their taunts, O Lord, all their plots against me.

ס (Samek) All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem. “Ha! Is this the city they called ‘The perfection of beauty, the source of joy of the whole earth!’?”