H9003–/ב–b

How dark has the gold become! how changed the best gold! the stones of the holy place are dropping out at the top of every street.

בְּרֹ֖אשׁ (בְּ) be. “at”

The valued sons of Zion, whose price was the best gold, are looked on as vessels of earth, the work of the hands of the potter!

בַּפָּ֑ז (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Even the beasts of the waste land have full breasts, they give milk to their young ones: the daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the waste land.

בַּמִּדְבָּֽר׃ (בַּ) ba. “in the”

The tongue of the child at the breast is fixed to the roof of his mouth for need of drink: the young children are crying out for bread, and no man gives it to them.

בַּצָּמָ֑א (בַּ) ba. “by <the>”

Those who were used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets: those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.

בַּחוּצ֑וֹת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

For the punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overturned suddenly without any hand falling on her.

בָ֖הּ (בָ֖) va “on”

Their face is blacker than night; in the streets no one has knowledge of them: their skin is hanging on their bones, they are dry, they have become like wood.

בַּחוּצ֑וֹת (בַּ) ba. “in the”

The hands of kind-hearted women have been boiling their children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

בְּשֶׁ֖בֶר (בְּ) be. “in”

The Lord has given full effect to his passion, he has let loose his burning wrath; he has made a fire in Zion, causing the destruction of its bases.

בְּצִיּ֔וֹן (בְּ) be. “in”

To the kings of the earth and to all the people of the world it did not seem possible that the attackers and the haters would go into the doors of Jerusalem.

בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֖י (בְּ) be. “in”

It is because of the sins of her prophets and the evil-doing of her priests, by whom the blood of the upright has been drained out in her.

בְּקִרְבָּ֖הּ (בְּ) be. “in”

They are wandering like blind men in the streets, they are made unclean with blood, so that their robes may not be touched by men.

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

Away! unclean! they were crying out to them, Away! away! let there be no touching: when they went away in flight and wandering, men said among the nations, There is no further resting-place for them.

בַּגּוֹיִ֔ם (בַּ) ba. “among the”

Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.

בְּצִפִּיָּתֵ֣נוּ (בְּ) be. “in”

They go after our steps so that we may not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are numbered; for our end has come.

בִּרְחֹבֹתֵ֑ינוּ (בִּ) bi “in”

Those who went after us were quicker than the eagles of the heaven, driving us before them on the mountains, waiting secretly for us in the waste land.

בַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר (בַּ) ba. “in the”

Our breath of life, he on whom the holy oil was put, was taken in their holes; of whom we said, Under his shade we will be living among the nations.

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

Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz: the cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.

בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (בְּ) be. “in”

We give money for a drink of water, we get our wood for a price.

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

Servants are ruling over us, and there is no one to make us free from their hands.

בָ֔נוּ (בָ֔) Va. “over”

We put our lives in danger to get our bread, because of the sword of the waste land.

בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ (בְּ) be. “with”

They took by force the women in Zion, the virgins in the towns of Judah.

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

Their hands put princes to death by hanging: the faces of old men were not honoured.

בְּיָדָ֣ם (בְּ) be. “by”

The young men were crushing the grain, and the boys were falling under the wood.

בָּעֵ֥ץ (בָּ) ba. “with <the>”

Because of the mountain of Zion which is a waste; jackals go over it.

בֽוֹ׃ (בֽ) v “on”