<p class="lamhebrew">&#1496; (<i>Teti>)p> <p class="poetry">Those who died by the sword<n id="1" /> are better offp> <p class="poetry">than those who die of hunger,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">those who<n id="3" /> waste away,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">struck down<n id="5" /> from lack of<n id="6" /> food.<n id="7" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1497; (<i>Yodi>)p> <p class="poetry">The hands of tenderhearted women<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">cooked their own children,p> <p class="poetry">who became their food,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">when my people<n id="3" /> were destroyed.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1511; (<i>Qofi>)p> <p class="poetry">Those who pursued us were swifterp> <p class="poetry">than eagles<n id="1" /> in the sky.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">They chased us over the mountains;p> <p class="poetry">they ambushed us in the wilderness.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1489; (<i>Beti>)p> <p class="poetry">She weeps bitterly at night;p> <p class="poetry">tears stream down her cheeks.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">She has no one to comfort herp> <p class="poetry">among all her lovers.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">All her friends have betrayed her;p> <p class="poetry">they have become her enemies.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1492; (<i>Hei>)p> <p class="poetry">Her foes subjugated her;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">her enemies are at ease.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For the <sc>Lordsc> afflicted herp> <p class="poetry">because of her many acts of rebellion.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Her children went awayp> <p class="poetry">captive<n id="4" /> before the enemy.p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1493; (<i>Vavi>)p> <p class="poetry">All of Daughter Zion&#8217;s<n id="1" /> splendor<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">has departed.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Her leaders became like deer;p> <p class="poetry">they found no pasture,p> <p class="poetry">so they were too exhausted to escape<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">from the hunter.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1494; (<i>Zayini>)p> <p class="poetry">Jerusalem<n id="1" /> remembers,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">when<n id="3" /> she became a poor homeless person,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">all her treasuresp> <p class="poetry">that she owned in days of old.<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">When her people fell into an enemy&#8217;s grip,<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">none of her allies came to her rescue.<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">Her enemies<n id="8" /> gloated over<n id="9" /> her;p> <p class="poetry">they sneered<n id="10" /> at her downfall.<n id="11" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1506; (<i>Ayini>)p> <p class="poetry">I weep because of these things;p> <p class="poetry">my eyes<n id="1" /> flow with tears.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For there is no one in sight who can comfort me<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">or encourage me.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">My children<n id="5" /> are desolated<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">because an enemy has prevailed.p>