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Lamentations

Chapter 5
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): zeko֤r yehvah֙ meֽh-ha֣yah la֔nu hbyt habּi֖ytah ure'e֥h 'et-cherepּateֽnu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.

זְכֹ֤ר יְהוָה֙ מֶֽה־הָ֣יָה לָ֔נוּ הביט הַבִּ֖יטָה וּרְאֵ֥ה אֶת־חֶרְפָּתֵֽנוּ׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): nachalate֨nu֙ neֽhepeka֣h lezari֔ym bּatּe֖ynu lenakeriֽym׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

נַחֲלָתֵ֨נוּ֙ נֶֽהֶפְכָ֣ה לְזָרִ֔ים בָּתֵּ֖ינוּ לְנָכְרִֽים׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): yetomi֤ym hayi֨ynu֙ 'yn ve'e֣yn 'a֔b 'imּote֖ynu kּe'alemanֽot׃
Edified Edition (EDE)We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows.

יְתוֹמִ֤ים הָיִ֨ינוּ֙ אין וְאֵ֣ין אָ֔ב אִמֹּתֵ֖ינוּ כְּאַלְמָנֽוֹת׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): meyme֨ynu֙ bּeke֣sep shshati֔ynu 'etze֖ynu bּimechi֥yr yaboֽ'u׃
Edified Edition (EDE)We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold to us.

מֵימֵ֨ינוּ֙ בְּכֶ֣סֶף שָׁתִ֔ינוּ עֵצֵ֖ינוּ בִּמְחִ֥יר יָבֹֽאוּ׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): a֤l tzaua're֨nu֙ niredּa֔penu yaga֖'enu l velo֥ hֽuna֖ch laֽnu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.

עַ֤ל צַוָּארֵ֨נוּ֙ נִרְדָּ֔פְנוּ יָגַ֖עְנוּ לא וְלֹ֥א הֽוּנַ֖ח לָֽנוּ׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): mitzera֨yim֙ nata֣nּu ya֔d 'ashshּ֖ur lishsebּo֥'aֽ laֽchem׃
Edified Edition (EDE)We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ נָתַ֣נּוּ יָ֔ד אַשּׁ֖וּר לִשְׂבֹּ֥עַֽ לָֽחֶם׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): abote֤ynu chaֽte'u֙ 'ynm ve'eyna֔m 'nchnv va'ana֖chenu 'avonoteyhe֥m sabaֽlenu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities.

אֲבֹתֵ֤ינוּ חָֽטְאוּ֙ אינם וְאֵינָ֔ם אנחנו וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ עֲוֺנֹתֵיהֶ֥ם סָבָֽלְנוּ׃

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): abadiym֙ ma֣shshelu ba֔nu pּore֖q 'e֥yn miyּadaֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Servants have ruled over us: there is none that does deliver us out of their hand.

עֲבָדִים֙ מָ֣שְׁלוּ בָ֔נוּ פֹּרֵ֖ק אֵ֥ין מִיָּדָֽם׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): bּenapeshshe֨nu֙ nabi֣y lacheme֔nu mipּene֖y che֥reb hamּidebּaֽr׃
Edified Edition (EDE)We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness.

בְּנַפְשֵׁ֨נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): ore֨nu֙ kּetanּ֣ur nikema֔ru mipּene֖y zale'ap֥ot ra'aֽb׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.

עוֹרֵ֨נוּ֙ כְּתַנּ֣וּר נִכְמָ֔רוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י זַלְעֲפ֥וֹת רָעָֽב׃

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): nashshiym֙ bּetziyּ֣on 'inּ֔u bּetulo֖t bּe'are֥y yehudaֽh׃
Edified Edition (EDE)They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

נָשִׁים֙ בְּצִיּ֣וֹן עִנּ֔וּ בְּתֻלֹ֖ת בְּעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָֽה׃

12
Phonetic (Hebrew): shsariym֙ bּeyada֣m nitel֔u pּene֥y zeqeni֖ym lo֥ nehedּaֽru׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured.

שָׂרִים֙ בְּיָדָ֣ם נִתְל֔וּ פְּנֵ֥י זְקֵנִ֖ים לֹ֥א נֶהְדָּֽרוּ׃

13
Phonetic (Hebrew): bּachuriym֙ tech֣on nashsa֔'u une'ari֖ym bּa'e֥tz kּashshaֽlu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood.

בַּחוּרִים֙ טְח֣וֹן נָשָׂ֔אוּ וּנְעָרִ֖ים בָּעֵ֥ץ כָּשָֽׁלוּ׃

14
Phonetic (Hebrew): zeqeniym֙ mishshּa֣'ar shshaba֔tu bּachuri֖ym minּegiynataֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.

זְקֵנִים֙ מִשַּׁ֣עַר שָׁבָ֔תוּ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מִנְּגִינָתָֽם׃

15
Phonetic (Hebrew): shshabat֙ meshs֣oshs libּe֔nu nehepּa֥ke le'e֖bel mecholeֽnu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.

שָׁבַת֙ מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ לִבֵּ֔נוּ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְאֵ֖בֶל מְחֹלֵֽנוּ׃

16
Phonetic (Hebrew): naֽpelah֙ 'ate֣ret ro'shshe֔nu 'ֽoy-na֥ la֖nu kּi֥y chataֽ'nu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, that we have sinned!

נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃

17
Phonetic (Hebrew): al-ze֗h haya֤h daveh֙ libּe֔nu 'al-'e֖lּeh chashshek֥u 'eyneֽynu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃

18
Phonetic (Hebrew): a֤l har-tziyּon֙ shsheshshּame֔m shshu'ali֖ym hilּeku-bֽo׃p
Edified Edition (EDE)Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.

עַ֤ל הַר־צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃פ

19
Phonetic (Hebrew): atּa֤h yehvah֙ le'ola֣m tּeshshe֔b kּise'aka֖ ledo֥r vadֽor׃
Edified Edition (EDE)You, O LORD, remainest forever; Your throne from generation to generation.

אַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֽוֹר׃

20
Phonetic (Hebrew): la֤mּah lane֨tzach֙ tּishshekּache֔nu tּaֽ'azebe֖nu le'o֥reke yamiֽym׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Wherefore dost You forget us forever, and forsake us so long time?

לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֨צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃

21
Phonetic (Hebrew): hashshiybe֨nu yehva֤h ׀ 'ele֨yka֙ vnshvb veֽnashsh֔ubah chadּe֥shsh yame֖ynu kּeqeֽdem׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Turn You us to You, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ יְהוָ֤ה ׀ אֵלֶ֨יךָ֙ ונשוב וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃

22
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּi֚y 'im-ma'o֣s me'asetּa֔nu qatza֥petּa 'ale֖ynu 'ad-me'oֽd׃
Edified Edition (EDE)But You hast utterly rejected us; You are very angry against us.

כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃