H9003–/ב–b

How is the gold become dim! [ergänzt: how] is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.

בְּרֹ֖אשׁ (בְּ) be. “at”

The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, How are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

בַּפָּ֑ז (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

בַּצָּמָ֑א (בַּ) ba. “by <the>”

They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: They that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

בַּחוּצ֑וֹת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

For the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom, That was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands were laid upon her.

בָ֖הּ (בָ֖) va “on”

Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.

בַּחוּצ֑וֹת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

בְּשֶׁ֖בֶר (בְּ) be. “in”

Jehovah hath accomplished his wrath, he hath poured out his fierce anger; And he hath kindled a fire in Zion, which hath devoured the foundations thereof.

בְּצִיּ֔וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”

The kings of the earth believed not, neither all the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy would enter into the gates of Jerusalem.

בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “in”

[ergänzt: It is] because of the sins of her prophets, [ergänzt: and] the iniquities of her priests, That have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her.

בְּקִרְבָּ֖הּ (בְּ) be. “in”

They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, So that men cannot touch their garments.

בַּֽחוּצ֔וֹת (בַּֽ) ba. “in the”בַּדָּ֑ם (בַּ) ba. “by the”בְּלֹ֣א (בְּ) be. “in”בִּלְבֻשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ (בִּ) bi “<in>”

Depart ye, they cried unto them, Unclean! depart, depart, touch not! When they fled away and wandered, men said among the nations, They shall no more sojourn [ergänzt: here].

בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם (בַּ) ba. “among the”

Our eyes do yet fail [ergänzt: in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

בְּצִפִּיָּתֵ֣נוּ (בְּ) be. “in”

They hunt our steps, so that we cannot go in our streets: Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

בִּרְחֹבֹתֵ֑ינוּ (בִּ) bi “in”

Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Jehovah, was taken in their pits; Of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations.

בִּשְׁחִיתוֹתָ֑ם (בִּ) bi “in”בְּצִלּ֖וֹ (בְּ) be. “in”בַגּוֹיִֽם׃ (בַ) va. “among the”

Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: The cup shall pass through unto thee also; thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.

בְּכֶ֣סֶף (בְּ) be. “for”בִּמְחִ֥יר (בִּ) bi “for”

Servants rule over us: There is none to deliver us out of their hand.

בָ֔נוּ (בָ֔) Va. “over”

We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ (בְּ) be. “with”

They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah.

בְּצִיּ֣וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”בְּעָרֵ֥י (בְּ) be. “in”

Princes were hanged up by their hand: The faces of elders were not honored.

בְּיָדָ֣ם (בְּ) be. “by”

The young men bare the mill; And the children stumbled under the wood.

בָּעֵ֥ץ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

For the mountain of Zion, which is desolate: The foxes walk upon it.

בֽוֹ׃ (בֽ) v “on”