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)
19 I called for my lovers, but they had deceived me.My priests and my elders perished in the city.Truly they had searched for food to keep themselves alive.ר (Resh)
20 Look, O Lord! I am distressed;my stomach is in knots!My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious!Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children;Inside the house death is present.ש (Sin/Shin)