Yesaya 3:26

3:26 Her gates will mourn and lament;

deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground. ¹ 

Ratapan 2:5

ה (He)

2:5 The Lord, ²  like an enemy,

destroyed ³  Israel.

He destroyed ⁴  all her palaces;

he ruined her ⁵  fortified cities.

He made everyone in Daughter Judah

mourn and lament. ⁶ 

[3:26]  ¹ tn Heb “she will be empty, on the ground she will sit.” Jerusalem is personified as a destitute woman who sits mourning the empty city.

[2:5]  ² tc The MT reads אֲדֹנָי (’adonay, “the Lord”) here rather than יהוה (YHWH, “the Lord”). See the tc note at 1:14.

[2:5]  ³ tn Heb “swallowed up.”

[2:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “swallowed up.”

[2:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “his.” For consistency this has been translated as “her.”

[2:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “He increased in Daughter Judah mourning and lamentation.”