<t /><p class="lamhebrew">&#1488; (<i>Alefi>)p><n id="1" /><p class="poetry">Alas!<n id="2" /> Gold has lost its luster;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">pure gold loses value.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Jewels<n id="5" /> are scatteredp> <p class="poetry">on every street corner.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1492; (<i>Hei>)p> <p class="poetry">Those who once feasted on delicacies<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">are now starving to death<n id="2" /> in the streets.p> <p class="poetry">Those who grew up<n id="3" /> wearing expensive clothes<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">are now dying<n id="5" /> amid garbage.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1504; (<i>Nuni>)p> <p class="poetry">They<n id="1" /> wander blindly<n id="2" /> through the streets,p> <p class="poetry">defiled by the blood they shed,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">while no one dares<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">to touch their garments.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1512; (<i>Reshi>)p> <p class="poetry">Look, O <sc>Lordsc>! I am distressed;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">my stomach is in knots!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">My heart is pounding<n id="3" /> inside me.p> <p class="poetry">Yes, I was terribly rebellious!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children;<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">Inside the house death is present.<n id="6" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1513; (<i>Sin/Shini>)p> <p class="poetry">The young boys and old menp> <p class="poetry">lie dead on the ground in the streets.p> <p class="poetry">My young women<n id="1" /> and my young menp> <p class="poetry">have fallen by the sword.p> <p class="poetry">You killed them when you were angry;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">you slaughtered them without mercy.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1495; (<i>Kheti>)p> <p class="poetry">Now their appearance<n id="1" /> is darker than soot;p> <p class="poetry">they are not recognized in the streets.p> <p class="poetry">Their skin has shriveled on their bones;p> <p class="poetry">it is dried up, like tree bark.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1511; (<i>Qofi>)p> <p class="poetry">Get up! Cry out in the night<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when the night watches start!<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Pour out your heart<n id="3" /> like waterp> <p class="poetry">before the face of the Lord!<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Lift up your hands<n id="5" /> to himp> <p class="poetry">for your children&#8217;s lives;<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">they are fainting<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">at every street corner.<n id="8" />p>