י Yod

10 The adversary has seized
all her precious belongings.
She has even seen the nations
enter her sanctuary—
those you had forbidden
to enter your assembly.(A)

כ Kaph

11 All her people groan
while they search for bread.(B)
They have traded their precious belongings for food
in order to stay alive.(C)
Lord, look and see
how I have become despised.

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10 The adversary seized in his hands
    everything she valued.
She watched the nations[a]
    enter her sanctuary;
those you forbade to enter
    your place of meeting.

11 All her people groaned
    as they searched for food.
They traded their valuables in order to eat,
    to keep themselves alive.[b]
Look, Lord, and see
    how I have become dishonored.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:10 Or watched foreigners
  2. Lamentations 1:11 Lit. to eat to refresh the soul