(Ayin) 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 desolated because an enemy has prevailed.

How shall I solemnly admonish thee? What shall I liken to thee, thou daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare with thee, that I may comfort thee, thou virgin, daughter of Zion? for, great as the sea, is thy grievous injury, Who can heal thee?

He has walled me in, so I can't escape; he has made my chains heavy.

{Who can speak} and it will happen [if] the Lord has not commanded [it]?

Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.

They wander as blind men in the streets, they are polluted with blood, so that men can't touch their garments.

ס Samek“Stay away! Unclean!” people shouted at them.
“Away, away! Don’t touch us!”
So they wandered aimlessly.
It was said among the nations,
“They can stay here no longer.”

{Pe} Wherefore yet our eyes fail us, while we look for vain help: seeing we be ever waiting upon a people that can do us no good.

They hunt our steps, so that we can't go in our streets. Our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end has come.

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

Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.