Discovery Box| (1.00) | Lam 1:8 |
| ח (Khet) Jerusalem committed terrible sin; 1 therefore she became an object of scorn. 2 All who admired 3 her have despised her 4 because they have seen her nakedness. 5 She groans aloud 6 and turns away in shame. 7 |
| (1.00) | Lam 1:11 |
| כ (Kaf) All her people groaned as they searched for a morsel of bread. 1 They exchanged 2 their valuables 3 for 4 just enough food to stay alive. 5 “Look, O Lord! Consider 6 that I have become worthless!” |
| (1.00) | Lam 1:18 |
| צ (Tsade) The Lord is right to judge me! 1 Yes, I rebelled against his commands. 2 Please listen, all you nations, 3 and look at my suffering! My young women and men have gone into exile. |
| (1.00) | Lam 2:8 |
| ח (Khet) The Lord was determined to tear down Daughter Zion’s wall. He prepared to knock it down; 1 he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. 2 He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin. 3 |
| (1.00) | Lam 2:10 |
| י (Yod) The elders of Daughter Zion sit 1 on the ground in silence. 2 They have thrown dirt on their heads; They have dressed in sackcloth. 3 Jerusalem’s young women 4 stare down at the ground. 5 |
| (1.00) | Lam 2:11 |
| כ (Kaf) My eyes are worn out 1 from weeping; 2 my stomach is in knots. 3 My heart 4 is poured out on the ground due to the destruction 5 of my helpless people; 6 children and infants faint in the town squares. |
| (1.00) | Lam 2:13 |
| מ (Mem) With what can I equate 1 you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you 2 so that 3 I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep 4 as the sea. 5 Who can heal you? 6 |
| (1.00) | Lam 2:14 |
| נ (Nun) Your prophets saw visions for you that were worthless lies. 1 They failed to expose your sin so as to restore your fortunes. 2 They saw oracles for you that were worthless 3 lies. |
| (1.00) | Lam 2:15 |
| ס (Samek) All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. 1 They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem. “Ha! Is this the city they called 2 ‘The perfection of beauty, 3 the source of joy of the whole earth!’?” 4 |
| (1.00) | Lam 2:17 |
| ע (Ayin) The Lord has done what he planned; he has fulfilled 1 his promise 2 that he threatened 3 long ago: 4 He has overthrown you without mercy 5 and has enabled the enemy to gloat over you; he has exalted your adversaries’ power. 6 |
| (1.00) | Lam 2:20 |
| ר (Resh) Look, O Lord! Consider! 1 Whom have you ever afflicted 2 like this? Should women eat their offspring, 3 their healthy infants? 4 Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord’s 5 sanctuary? |
| (1.00) | Lam 3:4 |
| ב (Bet) He has made my mortal skin 1 waste away; he has broken my bones. |
| (1.00) | Lam 3:15 |
| He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness. 1 |
| (1.00) | Lam 3:19 |
| ז (Zayin) Remember 1 my impoverished and homeless condition, 2 which is a bitter poison. 3 |
| (1.00) | Lam 3:25 |
| ט (Tet) The Lord is good to those who trust 1 in him, to the one 2 who seeks him. |
| (1.00) | Lam 3:30 |
| Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him; 1 let him have his fill of insults. |
| (1.00) | Lam 3:32 |
| Though he causes us 1 grief, he then has compassion on us 2 according to the abundance of his loyal kindness. 3 |
| (1.00) | Lam 3:61 |
| ש (Sin/Shin) You have heard 1 their taunts, O Lord, all their plots against me. |
| (1.00) | Lam 3:64 |
| ת (Tav) Pay them back 1 what they deserve, 2 O Lord, according to what they 3 have done. 4 |
| (1.00) | Lam 4:2 |
| ב (Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold – Alas! – but now they are treated like 1 broken clay pots, made by a potter. 2 |
