Category Archives: Eikhah (Lam)

1 How lonely lies the city that once thronged with people! Once great among the nations, now she is like a widow! Once princess among provinces, she has become a vassal. 2 Bitterly she weeps at night, tears running down her cheeks. Not one of all her lovers is there to comfort her. Her friends […]

1 How enveloped in darknessAdonai, in his anger, has made the daughter of Tziyon! He has thrown down from heaven to earth the splendor of Isra’el, forgotten his footstool [the sanctuary] on the day of his anger. 2 Without pityAdonaiswallowed up all the dwellings of Ya‘akov. In his wrath he broke down the strongholds of […]

1 I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of his fury, 2 He has led me and made me walk in darkness and not in light. 3 Against me alone he turns his hand again and again, all day. 4 He has worn away my skin and flesh, he has broken […]

1 How the gold has lost its luster! How the fine gold has changed! How the stones of the sanctuary lie scattered at every streetcorner! 2 The precious sons of Tziyon, as precious as fine gold — to think they are now worth no more than clay jars made by a potter! 3 Even jackals […]

1 Remember,Adonai, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace. 2 The land we possessed has been passed on to strangers, our homes to foreigners. 3 We have become fatherless orphans, our mothers now are widows. 4 We have to pay to drink our own water; we have to buy our own wood. […]