Dual Panel1א (Alef)Alas <0349>! The city <05892> once full of people <05971> now sits <03427> all <07227> alone <0910>! The prominent <07227> lady among the nations <01471> has become <01961> a widow <0490>! The princess <08282> who once ruled the provinces <04082> has become <01961> a forced laborer <04522>!
2ב(Bet) She weeps bitterly <01058> <01058> at night <03915>; tears <01832> stream down her cheeks <03895>. She has no one <0369> to comfort <05162> her among all <03605> her lovers <0157>. All <03605> her friends <07453> have betrayed <0898> her; they have become <01961> her enemies <0341>.
3ג(Gimel) Judah <03063> has departed into exile <01540> under affliction <06040> and harsh <07230> oppression <05656>. She <01931> lives <03427> among the nations <01471>; she has found <04672> no <03808> resting place <04494>. All <03605> who pursued <07291> her overtook <05381> her in narrow <0996> straits <04712>.
4ד(Dalet) The roads <01870> to Zion <06726> mourn <057> because no one <01097> travels <0935> to the festivals <04150>. All <03605> her city gates <08179> are deserted <08074>; her priests <03548> groan <0584>. Her virgins <01330> grieve <03013>; she <01931> is in bitter anguish <04751>!
5ה(He) Her foes <06862> subjugated her; her enemies <0341> are at ease <07951>. For <03588> the Lord <03068> afflicted <03013> her because of her many <07230> acts of rebellion <06588>. Her children <05768> went away <01980> captive <07628> before <06440> the enemy <06862>.
6ו(Vav) All <03605> of Daughter <01323> <01323> Zion’s splendor <01926> has departed <03318>. Her leaders <08269> became like deer <0354>; they found <04672> no <03808> pasture <04829>, so they were too exhausted <03581> <03808> to escape <01980> from <06440> the hunter <07291>.
7ז(Zayin) Jerusalem <03389> remembers <02142>, when <03117> she became a poor <06040> homeless <04788> person, all <03605> her treasures <04262> that <0834> she owned in days <03117> of old <06924>. When her people <05971> fell <05307> into an enemy’s <06862> grip <03027>, none <0369> of her allies <05826> came to her rescue. Her enemies <06862> gloated <07200> over her; they sneered <07832> at <05921> her downfall <04868>.
8ח(Khet) Jerusalem <03389> committed terrible <02399> sin <02398>; therefore <03651> she became <01961> an object of scorn <05206>. All <03605> who admired <03513> her have despised <02107> her because <03588> they have seen <07200> her nakedness <06172>. She groans <0584> aloud and turns away <07725> in shame <0268>.
9ט(Tet) Her menstrual flow <02932> has soiled <02932> her clothing <07757>; she did not <03808> consider <02142> the consequences <0319> of her sin. Her demise <03381> was astonishing <06382>, and there was no <0369> one to comfort <05162> her. She cried, “Look <07200>, O Lord <03068>, on my affliction <06040> because <03588> my enemy <0341> boasts <01431>!”
10י(Yod) An enemy <06862> grabbed <06566> <03027> all <03605> her valuables <04261>. Indeed <03588> she watched <07200> in horror as Gentiles <01471> invaded <0935> her holy temple <04720>– those whom <0834> you had commanded <06680>: “They must not <03808> enter <0935> your assembly <06951> place.”
11כ(Kaf) All <03605> her people <05971> groaned <0584> as they searched for <01245> a morsel of bread <03899>. They exchanged <05414> their valuables <04262> for just enough food <0400> to stay <07725> alive <05315>. “Look <07200>, O Lord <03068>! Consider <05027> that <03588> I have become <01961> worthless <02151>!”
12ל(Lamed) Is it nothing <03808> to <0413> you, all <03605> you who pass by <05674> on the road <01870>? Look <05027> and see <07200>! Is <03426> there any pain <04341> like mine? The Lord <03068> has afflicted <05953> me, he has inflicted <03013> it on me when <03117> he burned <02740> with anger <0639>.
13מ(Mem) He sent down <07971> fire <0784> into my bones <06106>, and it overcame <07287> them. He spread out <06566> a trapper’s net <07568> for my feet <07272>; he made me turn <07725> back <0268>. He has made <05414> me desolate <08076>; I am faint <01739> all <03605> day <03117> long.
14נ(Nun) My sins <06588> are bound <08244> around my neck like a yoke <05923>; they are fastened together <08276> by his hand <03027>. He has placed <05927> his yoke on <05921> my neck <06677>; he has sapped <03782> my strength <03581>. The Lord <0136> has handed <03027> me over to those whom I cannot <03201> <03808> resist <06965>.
15ס(Samek) He rounded up <05541> all <03605> my mighty ones <047>; The Lord <0136> did this in my midst <07130>. He summoned <07121> an assembly <04150> against <05921> me to shatter <07665> my young men <0970>. The Lord <0136> has stomped <01869> like grapes the virgin <01330> daughter <01323>, Judah <03063>.
16ע(Ayin) I <0589> weep <01058> because <05921> of these <0428> things; my eyes <05869> flow <03381> with tears <04325>. For <03588> there is no one in sight <07368> who can comfort <05162> me or encourage <05315> <07725> me. My children <01121> are desolated <08074> because <03588> an enemy <0341> has prevailed <01396>.
17פ (Pe <06726>) Zion spread <06566> out her <03027> hands, but there is no <0369> one to <05162> comfort her. The <03068> Lord has <06680> issued a decree against <03290> Jacob; his <05439> neighbors have <01961> become his <06862> enemies <03389>. Jerusalem has become like filthy <05079> garbage in their <0996>
18צ (Tsade) The <03069> Lord is <06662> right to judge me <03588>! Yes, I <04784> rebelled against his <06310> commands <04994>. Please <08085> listen <03605>, all you <05971> nations, and <07200> look at my <04341> suffering! My young <01330> women and <0970> men have <01980> gone into <07628>
19ק(Qof) I called <07121> for my lovers <0157>, but they <01992> had deceived <07411> me. My priests <03548> and my elders <02205> perished <01478> in the city <05892>. Truly <03588> they had searched for <01245> food <0400> to keep <07725> themselves <05315> alive <07725>.
20ר(Resh) Look <07200>, O Lord <03068>! I am distressed <06862>; my stomach <04578> is in knots <02560>! My heart <03820> is pounding <02015> inside <07130> me. Yes <03588>, I was terribly rebellious <04784> <04784>! Out in the street <02351> the sword <02719> bereaves <07921> a mother of <07921> her children <07921>; Inside the house <01004> death <04194> is present.
21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that <08085> I <03588> groan <0589>, yet <0584> there is no one to <0369> comfort me <05162>. All my <03605> enemies have <0341> heard of <08085> my trouble; they <07451> are glad that <07797> you <03588> have <0859> brought it <06213> about. Bring about the <0935> day of <03117> judgment that you promised so <07121> that they may end up like <01961> me <03644>!
22ת(Tav) Let all <03605> their wickedness <07451> come <0935> before <06440> you; afflict <05953> them just as <0834> you have afflicted <05953> me because <05921> of all <03605> my acts of rebellion <06588>. For <03588> my groans <0585> are many <07227>, and my heart <03820> is sick with sorrow <01742>.