<p class="lamhebrew">&#1497; (<i>Yodi>)p> <p class="poetry">Let a person<n id="1" /> sit alone in silence,p> <p class="poetry">when the <sc>Lordsc><n id="2" /> is disciplining him.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> alone was guiding him,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">no foreign god was with him.p>

<p class="poetry">I did not spend my time in the company of other people,p> <p class="poetry">laughing and having a good time.p> <p class="poetry">I stayed to myself because I felt obligated to you<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and because I was filled with anger at what they had done.p>

<p class="bodytext">When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated the Midianites in the land of Moab, reigned in his place; the name of his city was Avith.p>

The whole time he has the infection<n id="1" /> he will be continually unclean. He must live in isolation, and his place of residence must be outside the camp.p>

<p class="poetry">Israel lives in safety,p> <p class="poetry">the fountain of Jacob is quite secure,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in a land of grain and new wine;p> <p class="poetry">indeed, its heavens<n id="2" /> rain down dew.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad succeeded him. He struck down the Midianites in the plains of Moab; the name of his city was Avith.p>

<p class="poetry">For the fortified city<n id="1" /> is left alone;p> <p class="poetry">it is a deserted settlementp> <p class="poetry">and abandoned like the desert.p> <p class="poetry">Calves<n id="2" /> graze there;p> <p class="poetry">they lie down therep> <p class="poetry">and eat its branches bare.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> says,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Army of Babylon,<n id="2" /> go and attackp> <p class="poetry">a nation that lives in peace and security.p> <p class="poetry">They have no gates or walls to protect them.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They live all alone.p>

<t /><p class="lamhebrew"><b>&#1488;b> (<i>Alefi>)<n id="1" />p><n id="2" /><p class="poetry">Alas!<n id="3" /> The city once full of people<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">now sits all alone!<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">The prominent<n id="6" /> lady among the nationsp> <p class="poetry">has become a widow!<n id="7" />p> <p class="poetry">The princess<n id="8" /> who once ruled the provinces<n id="9" />p> <p class="poetry">has become<n id="10" /> a forced laborer!<n id="11" />p>