א (Alef)
4:1 1 Alas! 2 Gold has lost its luster; 3
pure gold loses value. 4
Jewels 5 are scattered
on every street corner. 6
ב (Bet)
4:2 The precious sons of Zion
were worth their weight in gold –
Alas! – but now they are treated like 7 broken clay pots,
made by a potter. 8
When they entered 11 Bethlehem, 12 the whole village was excited about their arrival. 13 The women of the village said, 14 “Can this be Naomi?” 15 1:20 But she replied 16 to them, 17 “Don’t call me ‘Naomi’! 18 Call me ‘Mara’ 19 because the Sovereign One 20 has treated me very harshly. 21
52:14 (just as many were horrified by the sight of you) 25
he was so disfigured 26 he no longer looked like a man; 27