<p class="lamhebrew">&#1489; (<i>Beti>)p> <p class="poetry">He has made my mortal skin<n id="1" /> waste away;p> <p class="poetry">he has broken my bones.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1494; (<i>Zayini>)p> <p class="poetry">Her consecrated ones<n id="1" /> were brighter than snow,p> <p class="poetry">whiter than milk;p> <p class="poetry">their bodies more ruddy than corals,p> <p class="poetry">their hair<n id="2" /> like lapis lazuli.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1502; (<i>Memi>)p> <p class="poetry">He sent down fire<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">into my bones, and it overcame<n id="2" /> them.p> <p class="poetry">He spread out a trapper&#8217;s net<n id="3" /> for my feet;p> <p class="poetry">he made me turn back.p> <p class="poetry">He has made me desolate;p> <p class="poetry">I am faint all day long.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>