8. Jerusalem committed terrible sin;therefore she became an object of scorn.All who admired her have despised her because they have seen her nakedness.She groans aloudand turns away in shame.ט (Tet)
9. Her menstrual flow has soiled her clothing;she did not consider the consequences of her sin.Her demise was astonishing,and there was no one to comfort her.She cried, “Look, O Lord, on my affliction because my enemy boasts!”י (Yod)
10. An enemy grabbed all her valuables. Indeed she watched in horror as Gentiles invaded her holy temple – those whom you had commanded: “They must not enter your assembly place.”כ (Kaf)
11. All her people groanedas they searched for a morsel of bread.They exchanged their valuablesfor just enough food to stay alive.“Look, O Lord! Considerthat I have become worthless!”ל (Lamed)
12. Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by on the road?Look and see!Is there any pain like mine?The Lord has afflicted me,he has inflicted it on me when he burned with anger.מ (Mem)
13. He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back.He has made me desolate;I am faint all day long.נ (Nun)
14. My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand.He has placed his yoke on my neck;he has sapped my strength.The Lord has handed me overto those whom I cannot resist.ס (Samek)
15. He rounded up all my mighty ones;The Lord did this in my midst.He summoned an assembly against me to shatter my young men.The Lord has stomped like grapes the virgin daughter, Judah.ע (Ayin)
16. I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears.For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolatedbecause an enemy has prevailed.פ (Pe)
17. Zion spread out her hands,but there is no one to comfort her.The Lord has issued a decree against Jacob; his neighbors have become his enemies.Jerusalem has becomelike filthy garbage in their midst.צ (Tsade)
18. The Lord is right to judge me! Yes, I rebelled against his commands.Please listen, all you nations, and look at my suffering!My young women and menhave gone into exile.ק (Qof)