Lamentations 2:14
Lamentations · איכה · Ketuvim · 5 chapters · 154 verses
Values above are for the complete verse (16 words), calculated on the consonantal written text.
לְאִמֹּתָם יֹֽאמְרוּ אַיֵּה דָּגָן וָיָיִן בְּהִֽתְעַטְּפָם כֶּֽחָלָל בִּרְחֹבוֹת עִיר בְּהִשְׁתַּפֵּךְ נַפְשָׁם אֶל־חֵיק אִמֹּתָֽם
They say to their mothers: ‘Where is corn and wine?’ When they swoon as the wounded In the broad places of the city, When their soul is poured out Into their mothers’bosom.
מָֽה־אֲעִידֵךְ מָה אֲדַמֶּה־לָּךְ הַבַּת יְרוּשָׁלִַם מָה אַשְׁוֶה־לָּךְ וַאֲנַֽחֲמֵךְ בְּתוּלַת בַּת־צִיּוֹן כִּֽי־גָדוֹל כַּיָּם שִׁבְרֵךְ מִי יִרְפָּא־לָֽךְ
What shall I take to witness for thee? What shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea; Who can heal thee?
נְבִיאַיִךְ חָזוּ לָךְ שָׁוְא וְתָפֵל וְלֹֽא־גִלּוּ עַל־עֲוֺנֵךְ לְהָשִׁיב שביתך וַיֶּחֱזוּ לָךְ מַשְׂאוֹת שָׁוְא וּמַדּוּחִֽים
Thy prophets have seen visions for thee Of vanity and delusion; And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, To bring back thy captivity; But have prophesied for thee burdens Of vanity and seduction.
סָֽפְקוּ עָלַיִךְ כַּפַּיִם כָּל־עֹבְרֵי דֶרֶךְ שָֽׁרְקוּ וַיָּנִעוּ רֹאשָׁם עַל־בַּת יְרוּשָׁלִָם הֲזֹאת הָעִיר שֶׁיֹּֽאמְרוּ כְּלִילַת יֹפִי מָשׂוֹשׂ לְכָל־הָאָֽרֶץ
All that pass by clap Their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head At the daughter of Jerusalem: ‘Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?’ .
פָּצוּ עָלַיִךְ פִּיהֶם כָּל־אוֹיְבַיִךְ שָֽׁרְקוּ וַיַּֽחַרְקוּ־שֵׁן אָמְרוּ בִּלָּעְנוּ אַךְ זֶה הַיּוֹם שֶׁקִּוִּינֻהוּ מָצָאנוּ רָאִֽינוּ
All thine enemies have opened Their mouth wide against thee; They hiss and gnash the teeth; They say: ‘We have swallowed her up; Certainly this is the day that we looked for; We have found, we have seen it.’