<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">&#1505; (<i>Sameki>)p> <p class="poetry">People cry to them, &#8220;Turn away! You are unclean!p> <p class="poetry">Turn away! Turn away! Don&#8217;t touch us!&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">So they have fled and wander about;p> <p class="poetry">but the nations say,<n id="1" /> &#8220;They may not stay here any longer.&#8221;p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1489; (<i>Beti>)p> <p class="poetry">The Lord<n id="1" /> destroyed<n id="2" /> mercilessly<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">all the homes of Jacob&#8217;s descendants.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">In his anger he tore downp> <p class="poetry">the fortified cities<n id="5" /> of Daughter Judah.p> <p class="poetry">He knocked to the ground and humiliatedp> <p class="poetry">the kingdom and its rulers.<n id="6" />p>