יְהוָה֙ O YHWH , Yah·weh וְֽהַבִּ֔יטָה and consider , wə·hab·bî·ṭāh כִּ֥י for kî הָיִ֖יתִי I have become hā·yî·ṯî זוֹלֵלָֽה׃ס despised . zō·w·lê·lāh Lamentations 1:12 ל֣וֹא Is this nothing lō·w אֲלֵיכֶם֮ to you , ’ă·lê·ḵem כָּל־ all kāl- עֹ֣בְרֵי you who pass by ? ‘ō·ḇə·rê דֶרֶךְ֒ . . . ḏe·reḵ הַבִּ֣יטוּ Look around hab·bî·ṭū וּרְא֗וּ and see ! ū·rə·’ū אִם־ . . . ’im- יֵ֤שׁ Is there yêš מַכְאוֹב֙ any sorrow maḵ·’ō·wḇ כְּמַכְאֹבִ֔י like mine , kə·maḵ·’ō·ḇî אֲשֶׁ֥ר which ’ă·šer עוֹלַ֖ל was inflicted ‘ō·w·lal לִ֑י on me , lî אֲשֶׁר֙ which ’ă·šer יְהוָ֔ה YHWH Yah·weh הוֹגָ֣ה made me suffer hō·w·ḡāh בְּי֖וֹם on the day bə·yō·wm חֲר֥וֹן of His fierce ḥă·rō·wn אַפּֽוֹ׃ס anger ? ’ap·pōw Lamentations 1:13 שָֽׁלַח־ He sent šā·laḥ- אֵ֥שׁ fire ’êš מִמָּר֛וֹם from on high , mim·mā·rō·wm וַיִּרְדֶּ֑נָּה and it overpowered way·yir·den·nāh בְּעַצְמֹתַ֖י my bones . bə·‘aṣ·mō·ṯay פָּרַ֨שׂ He spread pā·raś רֶ֤שֶׁת a net re·šeṯ לְרַגְלַי֙ for my feet lə·raḡ·lay הֱשִׁיבַ֣נִי and turned me hĕ·šî·ḇa·nî אָח֔וֹר back . ’ā·ḥō·wr נְתָנַ֙נִי֙ He made me nə·ṯā·na·nî שֹֽׁמֵמָ֔ה desolate , šō·mê·māh דָּוָֽה׃ס faint dā·wāh כָּל־ all kāl- הַיּ֖וֹם the day long . hay·yō·wm Lamentations 1:14 פְּשָׁעַ֜י My transgressions pə·šā·‘ay נִשְׂקַד֩ are bound into niś·qaḏ עֹ֨ל a yoke , ‘ōl יִשְׂתָּֽרְג֛וּ knit together yiś·tā·rə·ḡū בְּיָד֗וֹ by His hand ; bə·yā·ḏōw עָל֥וּ they are draped ‘ā·lū עַל־ over ‘al- צַוָּארִ֖י my neck , ṣaw·wā·rî אֲדֹנָ֔י and the Lord ’ă·ḏō·nāy הִכְשִׁ֣יל has broken hiḵ·šîl כֹּחִ֑י my strength . kō·ḥî נְתָנַ֣נִי He has delivered me nə·ṯā·na·nî בִּידֵ֖י into the hands bî·ḏê לֹא־ of those I cannot lō- אוּכַ֥ל . . . ’ū·ḵal קֽוּם׃ס withstand . qūm Lamentations 1:15 אֲדֹנָי֙ The Lord ’ă·ḏō·nāy סִלָּ֨ה has rejected sil·lāh כָל־ all ḵāl אַבִּירַ֤י׀ the mighty men ’ab·bî·ray בְּקִרְבִּ֔י in my midst ; bə·qir·bî קָרָ֥א He has summoned qā·rā מוֹעֵ֖ד an army mō·w·‘êḏ עָלַ֛י against me ‘ā·lay לִשְׁבֹּ֣ר to crush liš·bōr בַּחוּרָ֑י my young warriors . ba·ḥū·rāy גַּ֚ת Like grapes in a winepress , gaṯ אֲדֹנָ֔י the Lord ’ă·ḏō·nāy דָּרַ֣ךְ has trampled dā·raḵ לִבְתוּלַ֖ת the Virgin liḇ·ṯū·laṯ בַּת־ Daughter baṯ- יְהוּדָֽה׃ס of Judah . yə·hū·ḏāh Lamentations 1:16 עַל־ For ‘al- אֵ֣לֶּה׀ these things ’êl·leh אֲנִ֣י I ’ă·nî בוֹכִיָּ֗ה weep ; ḇō·w·ḵî·yāh עֵינִ֤י׀ my eyes ‘ê·nî עֵינִי֙ . . . ‘ê·nî יֹ֣רְדָה flow yō·rə·ḏāh מַּ֔יִם with tears . ma·yim כִּֽי־ For kî- רָחַ֥ק there is no one nearby rā·ḥaq מִמֶּ֛נִּי . . . mim·men·nî מְנַחֵ֖ם to comfort me , mə·na·ḥêm מֵשִׁ֣יב no one to revive mê·šîḇ

