Lamentations 4:1
where1 · become dim2 · gold3 · enemy2 · strike down + them4 · the + good4 · cast (up)2 · + carbuncle2 · Kedesh3 · on + [the] top of4 · all3 · abroad2
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where1 · become dim2 · gold3 · enemy2 · strike down + them4 · the + good4 · cast (up)2 · + carbuncle2 · Kedesh3 · on + [the] top of4 · all3 · abroad2
young2 · Zion3 · <the> + precious4 · who + were weighed4 · with <the> + pure gold4 · where1 · (make) account (of)2 · to + jars of4 · craftsman3 · deed3 · Iddo2 · potter2
also3 · serpent2 · serpent3 · arm (self)2 · breast3 · milch2 · young + their4 · daughter3 · Ben-ammi2 · into + [one] cruel4 · since3 · Anim3 · in the + wilderness4
joint3 · tongue3 · twig3 · these3 · wait2 · by <the> + thirst4 · babe2 · ask (counsel, on)2 · food3 · Peresh3 · nothing3 · burn in3
who + were eating4 · <to> + delicacies4 · make amazed2 · [will be] in the + streets4 · the + guardians4 · Eli3 · Tola3 · embrace2 · dung (hill)2
and + he grew up4 · iniquity3 · daughter3 · Ben-ammi2 · from + sin4 · Sodom3 · which + was overthrown4 · when3 · moment3 · and + not4 · bear2 · Hephzi-bah2 · (+ be) able2
innocency3 · ones of high rank + its4 · from + snow4 · be whiter2 · Mehalleb5 · be (dyed, made) red (ruddy)2 · bone3 · [is] more than + pearls4 · gem3 · polishing + their4
to darken3 · darkness5 · appearance + their4 · no3 · acknowledge2 · [will be] in the + streets4 · adhere3 · skin + their4 · Most High2 · bone + their4 · dry2 · to exist3 · like <the> + a tree4
beautiful2 · beacon2 · kill2 · knife3 · begin (X men began)2 · hunger2 · Shoham3 · flow2 · pierce2 · from + [the] produce<s> of4 · field2
Iddo2 · (adulter)ess2 · pitiful2 · boil2 · children + their4 · beacon2 · for + eating4 · upon2 · for the + grain4 · daughter3 · Ben-ammi2
completely3 · The Lord2 · with3 · rage + his4 · spill forth3 · burning1 · now6 · and + he has kindled4 · entity3 · in + Zion4 · and + she ate4
no3 · trust2 · consult2 · earth3 · and + all4 · all3 · a Jashubite3 · world2 · since3 · abide2 · narrow3 · and + an enemy4 · [is] in + gates4 · (Chald)2
from + [the] sins of4 · prophets + its4 · fault2 · priests + its4 · who + shed4 · in + inner being + her4 · be silent2 · just2
continually2 · blind (men, people)2 · [will be] in the + streets4 · defile2 · in the + blood4 · afflict3 · X at all2 · faint2 · <in> + clothes + their4
depart2 · unclean2 · read2 · upon2 · depart2 · depart2 · these3 · beat2 · since3 · flee away2 · also3 · continually2 · say2 · among the + nations4 · no3 · add2 · to + sojourn4
face2 · The Lord2 · share + their4 · no3 · add2 · to + pay attention to + them4 · face2 · chief ruler2 · no3 · beguile2 · aged2 · and + old [people]4 · no3 · favor1
yet + we4 · accomplish2 · eyes + our4 · these3 · help + our4 · vanity2 · in + watchtower + our4 · behold2 · these3 · nation3 · no3 · X at all2
chase2 · steps + our4 · kingdom2 · in + open places + our4 · battle3 · fill2 · right [hand] + his4 · since3 · abide2
light2 · beacon2 · pursuers + our4 · more than + [the] eagles of4 · aloft3 · Most High2 · the + mountains4 · they hotly pursued + us4 · in the + wilderness4 · (lie in) ambush(-ment)2 · abide (all night)2
Spirit3 · nostrils + our4 · consecrated3 · The Lord2 · X at all2 · in + pits + their4 · that3 · answer2 · in + shade + his4 · keep (leave, make) alive2 · among the + nations4
be glad2 · and + rejoice4 · daughter3 · Edom2 · (make to) abide(-ing)2 · (make to) abide(-ing)2 · on the + earth4 · consult3 · also3 · [is] on + you4 · alienate2 · cup3 · (be filled with) drink (abundantly)2 · and + you may strip yourself naked4
perfect3 · [one who] answers + you4 · daughter3 · Zion3 · no3 · add2 · to + take into exile + you4 · muster3 · [one who] answers + you4 · daughter3 · Edom2 · to reveal3 · Most High2 · sins + your4
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