Lam 4 | ABEn | STEP | ΑΛΕΦ O how [ 3 shall be darkened 1 the 2 gold], and [ 4 changed 1 the 3 silver 2 good]; [ 3 were discharged 2 stones 1 holy] at the top of all the streets,

‏ Lamentations 4

CHAPTER 4 The Rage of The LORD Completed

1 ΑΛΕΦ O how [³shall be darkened ¹the ²gold], and [⁴changed ¹the ³silver ²good]; [³were discharged ²stones ¹holy] at the top of all the streets, 2 ΒΗΘ even the [²sons ³of Zion ¹esteemed] being encouraged by gold, O how they are considered as [²receptacles ¹earthenware], works of the hands of the potter. 3 ΓΙΜΕΛ And indeed, dragons stripped the breasts, they nursed their cubs; the daughters of my people were for irretrievability as a sparrow in the wilderness. 4 ΔΑΛΕΘ [⁴cleaves ¹The ²tongue ³of one nursing] to its throat in thirst. Infants ask for bread, [²one snapping it ¹there is not] for them. 5 Η The ones eating the delicacies were removed in the streets. The ones having been suckled in scarlet were embracing dung. 6 ΟΥΑΥ And [⁴was magnified ¹the lawlessness ²of the daughter ³of my people] over the lawlessness of Sodom, the place being eradicated as with promptness, and they did not toil in her hands. 7 ΖΑΙΝ [²were clean ¹Her Nazarites]; [²more than ³snow ¹they radiated]; [²more than ³milk ¹they were purified]. [²were above ³stone ⁴of sapphire ¹Their broken pieces], 8 ΗΘ [²darkened ³above ⁴lamp black ¹their appearance], they are not recognized in the streets; [²was fixed ¹their skin] against their bones; they are dried up, they were as wood. 9 ΤΗΘ Better were the ones slain by the broadsword than the ones slain by hunger; they went being pierced by want of produce of the fields. 10 ΙΩΘ The hands [²women ¹of pitying] boiled their children; they became for food to them in the destruction of the daughter of my people. 11 ΧΑΦ The lord completed his rage; he poured out the rage of his anger, and lit a fire in Zion, and it devoured her foundations. 12 ΛΑΜΕΔ [³believed not ¹The kings ²of the earth], all the ones dwelling, the ones living, that [⁴shall enter ¹an enemy ²and ³one afflicting] through the gates of Jerusalem, 13 ΜΗΜ because of the sins of her prophets, and iniquities of her priests, the ones pouring out [²blood ¹just] in her midst. 14 ΝΟΥΝ [²were shaken ¹Her watchmen] in the streets; they were tainted with blood in [²not ³being able ¹their]; they touched their garments with it. 15 ΣΑΜΕΧ Separate from the unclean! Call them! Separate, separate, do not touch! for they were lit, and indeed, they were shaken. Say among the nations! In no way should they proceed to sojourn there. 16 ΑΙΝ The person of the lord was their portion; he shall not proceed to look upon them. The person of the priests they did not receive; [³old men ¹they did not ²show mercy on]. 17 ΦΗ Yet in our being, [²failed ¹our eyes]. [³for ⁴our help ⁵was in vain ²watching ¹Our]. We watched unto a nation not delivering. 18 ΣΑΔΗ They hunted our small ones to not go into our squares. [²approached ¹Our time]; [²were fulfilled ¹our days]; [²is at hand ¹our end]. 19 ΚΩΦ [⁵nimble ⁴were ¹The ones ²pursuing ³us], more than eagles of heaven. Upon the mountains they perched; in a wilderness they lie in wait for us. 20 ΡΗΣ The breath of our face, the anointed one, the lord was seized in our corruptions, of whom we said, In his shadow we shall live among the nations. 21 ΣΙΝ Rejoice and be glad O daughter of Edom! the one dwelling upon the land of Uz! And indeed unto you shall go through the cup of the lord. You shall be intoxicated and shall pour forth. 22 ΘΑΥ [²is vanished ¹Your lawlessness], O daughter of Zion. He shall not proceed unto the resettling you. He visited your lawlessness, O daughter of Edom; he revealed concerning your acts of impiety.