ה He

13 He pierced my kidneys
with His arrows.(A)
14 I am a laughingstock(B) to all my people,[a]
mocked by their songs(C) all day long.
15 He filled me with bitterness,
satiated me with wormwood.(D)

ו Vav

16 He ground my teeth on gravel(E)
and made me cower[b] in the dust.
17 My soul has been deprived[c] of peace;(F)
I have forgotten what happiness is.
18 Then I thought: My future[d] is lost,
as well as my hope from the Lord.

ז Zayin

19 Remember[e] my affliction and my homelessness,(G)
the wormwood and the poison.(H)
20 I continually remember them
and have become depressed.[f](I)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 3:14 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss, Syr read all peoples
  2. Lamentations 3:16 Or and trampled me
  3. Lamentations 3:17 Syr, Vg; MT reads You deprived my soul
  4. Lamentations 3:18 Or splendor
  5. Lamentations 3:19 Or I remember
  6. Lamentations 3:20 Ancient Jewish tradition reads and You cause me to collapse

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