1ALEPH. O how the gold has become dulled, the finest color has been altered, the stones of the sanctuary have been scattered at the head of every street.

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Ezekiel 7:19, Ezekiel 7:22, Ezekiel 7:19, Ezekiel 7:22, Lamentations 2:19

2BETH. The famous sons of Zion, and those clothed with the foremost gold: how they have become like earthen vessels, the work of the hands of a potter.

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Isaiah 30:14, Isaiah 30:14, Jeremiah 19:11, Romans 9:21, Romans 9:23

3GHIMEL. Yet even savages expose their breast and give milk to their young. But the daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostrich in the desert.

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Ezekiel 5:10, Ezekiel 5:10, Luke 23:28, Luke 23:29, Lamentations 2:20

4DALETH. The tongue of the infant adheres to his palate out of thirst. The little ones have asked for bread, and there was no one to break it for them.

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Psalms 22:15, Psalms 22:15, Lamentations 2:11, Lamentations 2:12, Lamentations 2:11

5HE. Those who were fed indulgently have passed away in the roads. Those who were nourished with saffron have welcomed filth.

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Amos 6:3, Amos 6:7, Luke 16:19, Luke 15:16, Amos 6:3

6VAU. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people has been made greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and yet hands did not take captives in her.

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Genesis 19:25, Genesis 19:25, Luke 10:12, Luke 10:12, Luke 12:47

7ZAIN. Her Nazirites were whiter than snow, shinier than milk, more ruddy than ancient ivory, more beautiful than sapphire.

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Psalms 51:7, Psalms 51:7, Song of Solomon 5:10, Song of Solomon 5:10, Psalms 144:12

8HETH. Their face has been blacked more than coals, and they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has adhered to their bones; it dried out and became like wood.

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Psalms 102:3, Psalms 102:5, Lamentations 5:10, Job 30:30, Psalms 102:3

9TETH. It was better for those slain by the sword, than for those put to death by famine. For these waste away, being consumed by the sterility of the land.

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Ezekiel 24:23, Leviticus 26:39, Ezekiel 24:23, Leviticus 26:39, Ezekiel 33:10

10JOD. The hands of pitiable women have boiled their sons. They became their food in the grief of the daughter of my people.

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Lamentations 2:20, 2 Kings 6:26, 2 Kings 6:29, Isaiah 49:15, Lamentations 2:20

11CAPH. The Lord has completed his fury; he has poured out the wrath of his indignation. And he has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured its foundations.

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Jeremiah 7:20, Ezekiel 22:31, Jeremiah 7:20, Ezekiel 22:31, Jeremiah 17:27

12LAMED. The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, did not believe that the adversary and the enemy would enter through the gates of Jerusalem.

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Deuteronomy 29:24, Deuteronomy 29:28, Jeremiah 21:13, 1 Kings 9:8, 1 Kings 9:9

13MEM. It is because of the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, who have shed the blood of the just in her midst.

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Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 6:13, Jeremiah 6:13, Jeremiah 26:8

14NUN. They have wandered in the streets like the blind; they have been defiled with blood. And when they were not able, they held their garments.

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Jeremiah 2:34, Jeremiah 2:34, Deuteronomy 28:28, Deuteronomy 28:29, Isaiah 56:10

15SAMECH. “Go back, you polluted ones!” they cried out to them. “Go back, go away, do not touch!” Of course, they argued, and being removed, they said among the Gentiles, “He will no longer dwell among them.”

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Leviticus 13:45, Leviticus 13:46, Leviticus 13:45, Leviticus 13:46

16PHE. The face of the Lord has divided them. He will no longer respect them. They were not ashamed before the faces of the priests, nor did they take pity on the elderly.

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Lamentations 5:12, Isaiah 9:14, Isaiah 9:16, Lamentations 5:12, Isaiah 9:14

17AIN. While we were still standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively toward a nation that was not able to save.

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Ezekiel 29:16, Ezekiel 29:16, 2 Kings 24:7, Isaiah 20:5, 2 Kings 24:7

18SADE. Our footsteps have slipped on the paths of our own streets. Our end draws near. Our days have been completed, for our end has arrived.

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Amos 8:2, Amos 8:2, Ezekiel 7:2, Ezekiel 7:12, Ezekiel 7:2

19COPH. Our persecutors have been swifter than the eagles of the sky. They have been pursuing us above the mountains; they have lain in wait for us in the desert.

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Jeremiah 4:13, Habakkuk 1:8, Jeremiah 4:13, Habakkuk 1:8, Isaiah 5:26

20RES. The spirit of our mouth, Christ the Lord, has been captured by our sins; to him, we said, “In your shadow, we will live among the Gentiles.”

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Ezekiel 12:13, Genesis 2:7, 2 Samuel 19:21, Jeremiah 39:5, Ezekiel 12:13

21SIN. Be glad and rejoice, O daughter of Edom, who dwells in the Land of Uz. The cup will also pass to you; you will be inebriated as well as naked.

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Job 1:1, Amos 1:11, Revelation 16:15, Job 1:1, Amos 1:11

22THAU. Your iniquity has been completed, O daughter of Zion. He will no longer send you away to captivity. He has visited your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he has uncovered your sins.

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Isaiah 40:2, Isaiah 40:2, Jeremiah 50:20, Psalms 137:7, Jeremiah 50:20