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We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows.
ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.
Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning.
Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment.
ל(Lamed) Children say to their mothers,“Where are food and drink?” They faint like a wounded warrior in the city squares. They die slowly in their mothers’ arms.
until the LORD looks down from heaven and sees what has happened.
ו(Vav) All of Daughter Zion’s splendor has departed. Her leaders became like deer; they found no pasture, so they were too exhausted to escape from the hunter.
ע(Ayin) I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed.
For he is not predisposed to afflict or to grieve people.
Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness.