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Concerning whom Thou didst command

That they should not enter into Thy congregation.

כ¹¹All her people sigh,

They seek bread;

They have given their pleasant things for food

To refresh the soul.

'See, O Lord, and behold,

How abject I am become.'

 

ל¹²'Let it not come unto you, all ye that pass by!

Behold, and see

If there be any pain like unto my pain,

Which is done unto me,

Wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me

In the day of His fierce anger.

מ¹³From on high hath He sent fire

Into my bones, and it prevaileth against them;

He hath spread a net for my feet,

He hath turned me back;

He hath made me desolate

And faint all the day.

נ¹⁴The yoke of my transgressions is impressed by His hand;

They are knit together,

They are come up upon my neck;

He hath made my strength to fail;

The Lord hath delivered me into their hands,

Against whom I am not able to stand.

ס¹⁵The Lord hath set at nought

All my mighty men in the midst of me;

He hath called a solemn assembly against me

To crush my young men;

The Lord hath trodden as in a winepress

The virgin daughter of Judah.'

 

ע¹⁶'For these things I weep;

Mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water;

Because the comforter is far from me,

Even he that should refresh my soul;

My children are desolate,

Because the enemy hath prevailed.'

פ¹⁷Zion spreadeth forth her hands;

There is none to comfort her;

The Lord hath commanded concerning Jacob,

That they that are round about him should be his adversaries,

Jerusalem is among them

As one unclean.

 

צ¹⁸'The Lord is righteous;

For I have rebelled against His word;

Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples,

And behold my pain:

My virgins and my young men

Are gone into captivity.

ק¹⁹I called for my lovers,

But they deceived me;

My priests and mine elders

Perished in the city,

While they sought them food

To refresh their souls.

ר²⁰Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress,

Mine inwards burn;

My heart is turned within me,

For I have grievously rebelled.

Abroad the sword bereaveth,

At home there is the like of death.

ש²¹They have heard that I sigh,

There is none to comfort me;

All mine enemies have heard of my trouble, and are glad,

For Thou hast done it;

Thou wilt bring the day that Thou hast proclaimed,

And they shall be like unto me.

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