H0349A–אֵיךְ–ekh

You, son of man, tell the house of Israel: Thus you speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are on us, and we pine away in them; how then can we live?

וְאֵ֥יךְ (אֵ֥יךְ) 'Eikh “how?”

"How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within me, My compassion is aroused.

אֵ֞יךְ 'eikh “how?”אֵ֚יךְ 'eikh “how?”

If thieves came to you, if robbers by night-- oh, what disaster awaits you--wouldn't they only steal until they had enough? If grape pickers came to you, wouldn't they leave some gleaning grapes?

אֵ֣יךְ 'eikh “how!”

How Esau will be ransacked! How his hidden treasures are sought out!

אֵ֚יךְ 'eikh “how!”

In that day they will take up a parable against you, And lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!'"

אֵ֚יךְ 'eikh “how!”

This is the joyous city that lived carelessly, that said in her heart, "I am, and there is none besides me." How she has become a desolation, a place for animals to lie down in! Everyone who passes by her will hiss, and shake their fists.

אֵ֣יךְ׀ 'eikh “how!”