Ratapan 2:5

ה (He)

2:5 The Lord, ¹  like an enemy,

destroyed ²  Israel.

He destroyed ³  all her palaces;

he ruined her ⁴  fortified cities.

He made everyone in Daughter Judah

mourn and lament. ⁵ 

Ratapan 4:15

ס (Samek)

4:15 People cry to them, “Turn away! You are unclean!

Turn away! Turn away! Don’t touch us!”

So they have fled and wander about;

but the nations say, ⁶  “They may not stay here any longer.”

¹ tc The MT reads אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “the Lord”) here rather than יהוה (YHWH, “the Lord”). See the tc note at 1:14.

² tn Heb “swallowed up.”

³ tn Heb “swallowed up.”

⁴ tn Heb “his.” For consistency this has been translated as “her.”

⁵ tn Heb “He increased in Daughter Judah mourning and lamentation.”

⁶ tn Heb “They say among the nations.”