Dual Panel1א (Alef)Alas <0349>! Gold <02091> has lost <08132> its luster <06004>; pure <02896> gold <03800> loses value. Jewels <06944> <068> are scattered <08210> on every <03605> street <02351> corner <07218>.
2ב(Bet) The precious <03368> sons <01121> of Zion <06726> were worth their weight <05537> in gold <06337>– Alas <0349>!– but now they are treated <02803> like broken clay <02789> pots <05035>, made by <03027> <04639> a potter <03335>.
3ג(Gimel) Even <01571> the jackals <08568> nurse <03243> their young <01482> at their breast <07699>, but my people <05971> are cruel <0393>, like ostriches <03283> in the desert <04057>.
4ד(Dalet) The infant’s <03243> tongue <03956> sticks <01692> to <0413> the roof of its mouth <02441> due to thirst <06772>; little children <05768> beg <07592> for bread <03899>, but no one <0369> gives <06566> them <01992> even a morsel.
5ה(He) Those who once feasted <0398> on delicacies <04574> are now starving to death <08074> in the streets <02351>. Those who grew up <0539> wearing <05921> expensive clothes <08438> are now dying <02263> amid garbage <0830>.
6ו(Vav) The punishment <05771> of my people <05971> <01323> exceeded <01431> that <02403> of of Sodom <05467>, which was overthrown <02015> in a moment <07281> with no one <03808> to help <03027> <02342> her.
7ז(Zayin) Her consecrated ones <05139> were brighter <02141> than snow <07950>, whiter <06705> than milk <02461>; their bodies <06106> more ruddy <0119> than corals <06443>, their hair <01508> like lapis lazuli <05601>.
8ח(Khet) Now their appearance <08389> is darker <02821> than soot <07815>; they are not <03808> recognized <05234> in the streets <02351>. Their skin <05785> has shriveled <06821> on <05921> their bones <06106>; it is dried up <03001>, like <01961> tree <06086> bark.
9ט(Tet) Those who died <02491> by the sword <02719> are better off <02896> than those who die <02491> of hunger <07458>, those <01992> who waste away <02100>, struck down <01856> from lack of food <07704> <08570>.
10י(Yod) The hands <03027> of tenderhearted <07362> women <0802> cooked <01310> their own children <03206>, who became <01961> their food <01262>, when my people <05971> <01323> were destroyed <07667>.
11כ(Kaf) The Lord <03068> fully vented <03615> his wrath <02534>; he poured out <08210> his fierce <02740> anger <0639>. He started <03341> a fire <0784> in Zion <06726>; it consumed <0398> her foundations <03247>.
12ל(Lamed) Neither <03808> the kings <04428> of the earth <0776> nor the people <03427> of the lands <08398> ever thought <0539> that <03588> enemy <06862> or foe <0341> would enter <0935> the gates <08179> of Jerusalem <03389>.
13מ(Mem) But it happened due to the sins <02403> of her prophets <05030> and the iniquities <05771> of her priests <03548>, who poured out <08210> in her midst <07130> the blood <01818> of the righteous <06662>.
14נ(Nun) They wander <05128> blindly <05787> through the streets <02351>, defiled <01351> by the blood <01818> they shed, while no <03808> one dares <03201> to touch <05060> their garments <03830>.
15ס(Samek) People cry <07121> to them, “Turn away <05493>! You are unclean <02931>! Turn away <05493>! Turn away <05493>! Don’t <0408> touch <05060> us!” So <03588> they have fled <05132> and <01571> wander <05128> about; but the nations <01471> say <0559>, “They may not <03808> stay <01481> here any longer <03254>.”
16פ(Pe) The Lord <03068> himself has scattered <02505> them; he no <03808> longer <03254> watches <05027> over <06440> them. They did not <03808> honor <05375> the priests <03548>; they did not <03808> show favor <02603> to the elders <02205>.
17ע (Ayin) Our <05869> eyes <05751> continually <03615> failed us <0413> as we <06822> looked in <01892> vain for <05833> help. From our watchtowers we <06822> watched <0413> for a <01471> nation that could <03808> not <03467> rescue
18צ(Tsade) Our enemies hunted <06679> us down at every step <06806> so that we could not walk <01980> about in our streets <07339>. Our end <07093> drew near <07126>, our days <03117> were numbered <04390>, for <03588> our end <07093> had come <0935>!
19ק(Qof) Those who pursued <07291> us were swifter <07031> than eagles <05404> in the sky <08064>. They chased <01814> us over <05921> the mountains <02022>; they ambushed <0693> us in the wilderness <04057>.
20ר(Resh) Our very life <0639> breath <07307>– the Lord’s <03068> anointed king <04899>– was caught <03920> in their traps <07825>, of whom <0834> we thought <0559>, “Under his protection <06738> we will survive <02421> among the nations <01471>.”
21ש (Sin/Shin) Rejoice <07797> and be glad <08056> for now, O people <01323> of Edom <0123>, who reside in <03427> the land <0776> of Uz <05780>. But the cup <03563> of judgment will pass <05674> to <05921> you also <01571>; you will get drunk <07937> and take off <06168> your clothes <06168>.
22ת(Tav) O people <01323> of Zion <06726>, your punishment <05771> will come to an end <08552>; he will not <03808> prolong <03254> your exile <01540>. But, O people <01323> of Edom <0123>, he will punish <06485> your sin <05771> and reveal <01540> your offenses <02403>!