Lamentations 2

1How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!

אֵיכָה יָעִיב בְּאַפֹּו ׀ אֲדֹנָי אֶת־בַּת־צִיֹּון הִשְׁלִיךְ מִשָּׁמַיִם אֶרֶץ תִּפְאֶרֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא־זָכַר הֲדֹם־רַגְלָיו בְּיֹום אַפֹּו׃ (4656)

2The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof.

בִּלַּע אֲדֹנָי [לֹא כ] (וְלֹא ק) חָמַל אֵת כָּל־נְאֹות יַעֲקֹב הָרַס בְּעֶבְרָתֹו מִבְצְרֵי בַת־יְהוּדָה הִגִּיעַ לָאָרֶץ חִלֵּל מַמְלָכָה וְשָׂרֶיהָ׃ (4375)

3He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

גָּדַע בָּחֳרִי־אַף כֹּל קֶרֶן יִשְׂרָאֵל הֵשִׁיב אָחֹור יְמִינֹו מִפְּנֵי אֹויֵב וַיִּבְעַר בְּיַעֲקֹב כְּאֵשׁ לֶהָבָה אָכְלָה סָבִיב׃ (3131)

4He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire.

דָּרַךְ קַשְׁתֹּו כְּאֹויֵב נִצָּב יְמִינֹו כְּצָר וַיַּהֲרֹג כֹּל מַחֲמַדֵּי־עָיִן בְּאֹהֶל בַּת־צִיֹּון שָׁפַךְ כָּאֵשׁ חֲמָתֹו׃ (3914)

5The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

הָיָה אֲדֹנָי ׀ כְּאֹויֵב בִּלַּע יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּלַּע כָּל־אַרְמְנֹותֶיהָ שִׁחֵת מִבְצָרָיו וַיֶּרֶב בְּבַת־יְהוּדָה תַּאֲנִיָּה וַאֲנִיָּה׃ (3877)

6And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.

וַיַּחְמֹס כַּגַּן שֻׂכֹּו שִׁחֵת מֹועֲדֹו שִׁכַּח יְהוָה ׀ בְּצִיֹּון מֹועֵד וְשַׁבָּת וַיִּנְאַץ בְּזַעַם־אַפֹּו מֶלֶךְ וְכֹהֵן׃ (3231)

7The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast.

זָנַח אֲדֹנָי ׀ מִזְבְּחֹו נִאֵר מִקְדָּשֹׁו הִסְגִּיר בְּיַד־אֹויֵב חֹומֹת אַרְמְנֹותֶיהָ קֹול נָתְנוּ בְּבֵית־יְהוָה כְּיֹום מֹועֵד׃ (3651)

8The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.

חָשַׁב יְהוָה ׀ לְהַשְׁחִית חֹומַת בַּת־צִיֹּון נָטָה קָו לֹא־הֵשִׁיב יָדֹו מִבַּלֵּעַ וַיַּאֲבֶל־חֵל וְחֹומָה יַחְדָּו אֻמְלָלוּ׃ (3068)

9Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD.

טָבְעוּ בָאָרֶץ שְׁעָרֶיהָ אִבַּד וְשִׁבַּר בְּרִיחֶיהָ מַלְכָּהּ וְשָׂרֶיהָ בַגֹּויִם אֵין תֹּורָה גַּם־נְבִיאֶיהָ לֹא־מָצְאוּ חָזֹון מֵיְהוָה׃ (3490)

10The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

יֵשְׁבוּ לָאָרֶץ יִדְּמוּ זִקְנֵי בַת־צִיֹּון הֶעֱלוּ עָפָר עַל־רֹאשָׁם חָגְרוּ שַׂקִּים הֹורִידוּ לָאָרֶץ רֹאשָׁן בְּתוּלֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃ (5720)

11Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.

כָּלוּ בַדְּמָעֹות עֵינַי חֳמַרְמְרוּ מֵעַי נִשְׁפַּךְ לָאָרֶץ כְּבֵדִי עַל־שֶׁבֶר בַּת־עַמִּי בֵּעָטֵף עֹולֵל וְיֹונֵק בִּרְחֹבֹות קִרְיָה׃ (4665)

12They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.

לְאִמֹּתָם יֹאמְרוּ אַיֵּה דָּגָן וָיָיִן בְּהִתְעַטְּפָם כֶּחָלָל בִּרְחֹבֹות עִיר בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּךְ נַפְשָׁם אֶל־חֵיק אִמֹּתָם׃ (4416)

13What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?

מָה־אֲעִידֵךְ מָה אֲדַמֶּה־לָּךְ הַבַּת יְרוּשָׁלִַם מָה אַשְׁוֶה־לָּךְ וַאֲנַחֲמֵךְ בְּתוּלַת בַּת־צִיֹּון כִּי־גָדֹול כַּיָּם שִׁבְרֵךְ מִי יִרְפָּא־לָךְ׃ (4272)

14Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.

נְבִיאַיִךְ חָזוּ לָךְ שָׁוְא וְתָפֵל וְלֹא־גִלּוּ עַל־עֲוֹנֵךְ לְהָשִׁיב [שְׁבִיתֵךְ כ] (שְׁבוּתֵךְ ק) וַיֶּחֱזוּ לָךְ מַשְׂאֹות שָׁוְא וּמַדּוּחִים׃ (4491)

15All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

סָפְקוּ עָלַיִךְ כַּפַּיִם כָּל־עֹבְרֵי דֶרֶךְ שָׁרְקוּ וַיָּנִעוּ רֹאשָׁם עַל־בַּת יְרוּשָׁלִָם הֲזֹאת הָעִיר שֶׁיֹּאמְרוּ כְּלִילַת יֹפִי מָשֹׂושׂ לְכָל־הָאָרֶץ׃ (6326)

16All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it.

פָּצוּ עָלַיִךְ פִּיהֶם כָּל־אֹויְבַיִךְ שָׁרְקוּ וַיַּחַרְקוּ־שֵׁן אָמְרוּ בִּלָּעְנוּ אַךְ זֶה הַיֹּום שֶׁקִּוִּינֻהוּ מָצָאנוּ רָאִינוּ׃ (3256)

17The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries.

עָשָׂה יְהוָה אֲשֶׁר זָמָם בִּצַּע אֶמְרָתֹו אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה מִימֵי־קֶדֶם הָרַס וְלֹא חָמָל וַיְשַׂמַּח עָלַיִךְ אֹויֵב הֵרִים קֶרֶן צָרָיִךְ׃ (4462)

18Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.

צָעַק לִבָּם אֶל־אֲדֹנָי חֹומַת בַּת־צִיֹּון הֹורִידִי כַנַּחַל דִּמְעָה יֹומָם וָלַיְלָה אַל־תִּתְּנִי פוּגַת לָךְ אַל־תִּדֹּם בַּת־עֵינֵךְ׃ (4536)

19Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

קוּמִי ׀ רֹנִּי [בַלַּיִל כ] (בַלַּיְלָה ק) לְרֹאשׁ אַשְׁמֻרֹות שִׁפְכִי כַמַּיִם לִבֵּךְ נֹכַח פְּנֵי אֲדֹנָי שְׂאִי אֵלָיו כַּפַּיִךְ עַל־נֶפֶשׁ עֹולָלַיִךְ הָעֲטוּפִים בְּרָעָב בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל־חוּצֹות׃ (5759)

20Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?

רְאֵה יְהוָה וְהַבִּיטָה לְמִי עֹולַלְתָּ כֹּה אִם־תֹּאכַלְנָה נָשִׁים פִּרְיָם עֹלֲלֵי טִפֻּחִים אִם־יֵהָרֵג בְּמִקְדַּשׁ אֲדֹנָי כֹּהֵן וְנָבִיא׃ (3388)

21The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.

שָׁכְבוּ לָאָרֶץ חוּצֹות נַעַר וְזָקֵן בְּתוּלֹתַי וּבַחוּרַי נָפְלוּ בֶחָרֶב הָרַגְתָּ בְּיֹום אַפֶּךָ טָבַחְתָּ לֹא חָמָלְתָּ׃ (4795)

22Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD’s anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.

תִּקְרָא כְיֹום מֹועֵד מְגוּרַי מִסָּבִיב וְלֹא הָיָה בְּיֹום אַף־יְהוָה פָּלִיט וְשָׂרִיד אֲשֶׁר־טִפַּחְתִּי וְרִבִּיתִי אֹיְבִי כִלָּם׃ (3890)