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Terrors of the Besieged City

א Aleph

1How the gold has become tarnished,

the fine gold become dull!

The stones of the temple4:1 Or The sacred gems lie scattered

at the head of every street.4:1 Ezk 7:19–20

ב Beth

2Zion’s precious children —

once worth their weight in pure gold4:2 Is 62:3; Zch 9:16 —

how they are regarded as clay jars,

the work of a potter’s hands!

ג Gimel

3Even jackals offer their breasts

to nurse their young,

but my dear people have become cruel

like ostriches4:3 Jb 39:13–18 in the wilderness.

ד Daleth

4The nursing baby’s tongue

clings to the roof of his mouth from thirst.4:4 Ps 22:15

Infants beg for food,

but no one gives them any.

ה He

5Those who used to eat delicacies

are destitute in the streets;

those who were reared in purple garments4:5 Jdg 8:26; Est 8:15

huddle in trash heaps.

ו Waw

6The punishment of my dear people

is greater than that of Sodom,4:6 Gn 18–19; Is 3:9; Jr 23:14

which was overthrown in an instant

without a hand laid on it.

ז Zayin

7Her dignitaries were brighter than snow,

whiter than milk;

their bodies4:7 Lit bones were more ruddy than coral,

their appearance like lapis lazuli.

ח Cheth

8Now they appear darker than soot;4:8 Jb 30:30; Lm 5:10

they are not recognized in the streets.

Their skin has shriveled on their bones;

it has become dry like wood.

ט Teth

9Those slain by the sword are better off

than those slain by hunger,

who waste away, pierced with pain

because the fields lack produce.

י Yod

10The hands of compassionate women

have cooked their own children;4:10 Dt 28:53; 2Kg 6:9

they became their food

during the destruction of my dear people.4:10 Jr 8:11,21; Lm 2:11; 3:48

כ Kaph

11The Lord has exhausted his wrath,

poured out his burning anger;

he has ignited a fire in Zion,

and it has consumed her foundations.4:11 Lm 2:3–4

ל Lamed

12The kings of the earth

and all the world’s inhabitants did not believe

that an enemy or adversary

could enter Jerusalem’s gates.4:12 2Sm 5:6–8; Ps 48:1–5

מ Mem

13Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets

and the iniquities of her priests,

who shed the blood of the righteous within her.4:13 Ps 106:38–39; Ezk 22:1–5

נ Nun

14Blind, they stumbled in the streets,4:14 Dt 28:29; Is 59:10; Zph 1:17

defiled by this blood,4:14 Lv 21:11

so that no one dared

to touch their garments.

ס Samek

15“Stay away! Unclean!” people shouted at them.

“Away, away! Don’t touch us!” 4:15 Lv 13:45–46

So they wandered aimlessly.4:15 Gn 4:12

It was said among the nations,

“They can stay here no longer.”

פ Pe

16The Lord himself has scattered them;

he no longer watches over them.

The priests are not respected;

the elders find no favor.

ע Ayin

17All the while our eyes were failing

as we looked in vain for help;4:17 Jr 37:7–8

we watched from our towers

for a nation that would not save us.

צ Tsade

18Our steps were closely followed

so that we could not walk in our streets.

Our end approached;4:18 Ezk 7:2–12; Am 8:2 our time ran out.

Our end had come!

ק Qoph

19Those who chased us were swifter

than eagles in the sky;4:19 Jr 4:13; Hab 1:8

they relentlessly pursued us over the mountains

and ambushed us in the wilderness.

ר Resh

20The Lord’s anointed, the breath of our life,4:20 Lit nostrils4:20 Gn 2:7; 2Kg 25:7

was captured in their traps.

We had said about him,

“We will live under his protection among the nations.”

שׂ Sin

21So rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,4:21 Ezk 35:15; Ob 12

you resident of the land of Uz!4:21 Jr 25:20

Yet the cup4:21 Is 51:17; Jr 25:15–16; Hab 2:16 will pass to you as well;

you will get drunk and expose yourself.

ת Taw

22Daughter Zion, your punishment is complete;

he will not lengthen your exile.4:22 Or not deport you again

But he will punish your iniquity, Daughter Edom,

and will expose your sins.4:22 Ps 137:7; Ezk 25:12–14; Jl 3:19

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