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Kinah 6
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מחבר: רבי אלעזר הקליר.
הפייטן מתחיל בסמ"ך בראשי החרוזות עד ת'. ע"ד "סומך ה' לכל הנופלים". ולבסוף חתום שם המחבר אלעזר.
תבוא אל צר. למבוא, עד זקן, רם:
שָׁבַת סוּרוּ מֶנִּי שִׁמְעוּנִי עוֹבְרַי (נ"א עוֹכְרַי).
סְחִי וּמָאוֹס הֱשִׂימוּנִי בְּעֶדְרֵי חֲבֵרַי.
סַכּוֹתָה מִשְׁכָּן מִסְּכוֹת דְּבִירַי.
סַכּוֹתָ וְהֻבְלָגוּ גִּבּוֹרַי.
סָפְקוּ כַף וּמָעֲדוּ אֵבָרַי.
כְּסִלָּה כָל אַבִּירַי:
נָפְלָה (עירנו) עוֹדֵינוּ בְּצוּל דְּכוּיָה.
עֵינִי חִכְּתָה לַחֲזוֹן בֶּן בֶּרֶכְיָה.
עַד פִּלְאֵי גִּלְגָּל חֲבוּיָה (חכויה).
עֵינִי מְעוֹלֶלֶת בִּיוָנִית נְכוּיָה.
עָשָׂה וְנִחַם וַיִּקְרָא (וקרא) לַבְּכִיָּה.
וְנָם עַל אֵלֶּה אֲנִי בוֹכִיָּה:
עַל פְּנֵי פְרָת נֻפְּצוּ חֲסִידֶיהָ.
פַּלְגֵי סוּף זָכְרָה כְּעָרוּ יְסוֹדֶיהָ.
פַּחַד חֵטְא שִׁילֹה תָּכַף סוֹדֶיהָ.
פָּצוּ חֲזִירֵי יַעַר אַיֵּה חֲסִידֶיהָ.
פָּצוּ מַעֲשֵׂה עֶרְיָה לְנִדֶּיהָ.
פֵּרְשָׂה צִיּוֹן בְּיָדֶיהָ:
עַל הַר צִיּוֹן צָדוּ שְׁאוֹנֵי מְדָנַי.
צָפוּ עַל רֹאשִׁי זְדוֹנַי.
צָמְתוּ בְנֹב לַעֲמֹד זְדוֹנַי.
צֹד נָצַרְתָּ לְעוֹרֵר מְדָנַי.
צָעַק עַמִּי בִּימֵי בֶן דִּינַי.
צַדִּיק הוּא יְיָ:
אַתָּה קַלִּים הִכְבַּדְתָּ וּמֵעֶדְיִי עֵרְמוּנִי.
קֵרַבְתָּ בֹּא אֵלַי וַיַּחֲרִימוּנִי.
קָרָאתִי לְיוֹשְׁבֵי גִּבְעוֹן עוֹד הֵם זֵרְמוּנִי.
קוֹלִי לְהַשְׁמִיעַ בַּעֲרָב הִגְרִימוּנִי.
קוּמִי עֲבוֹרִי בְּהָתֵל הֶעֱרִימוּנִי.
קָרָאתִי לַמְאַהֲבַי הֵמָּה רִמּוּנִי:
לָמָּה רוּחַ אַפֵּינוּ לָטֶבַח שָׁמָרוּ.
רָאִיתָ כִּי כְתַנּוּר עוֹרֵנוּ כָּמָרוּ.
רָאִיתָ כִּי עָמָל וָכַעַס בְּאִוּוּיָךְ גָּמָרוּ.
רַבְתָּ בְּיַד יְחֶזְקֵאל לִנְקֹם כְּמוֹ מָרוּ.
רְאֵה וְנַכְחִידֵם מִגּוֹי אָמָרוּ.
רְאֵה יְיָ כִּי צַר לִי מֵעַי חֳמַרְמָרוּ:
הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ שִׂישִׂי שִׁמַּע לְגוֹי צֵאָנִי.
שִׁבְתָּם רְמוֹס חֲצֵרַי לְהַדְכִּיאֵנִי (להדביאני).
שִׂפְתֵי מְשׁוֹרְרֵי דְבִיר דָּמְמוּ לְהַדְאִיבֵנִי.
שָׁמַעְתָּ זְמוֹרוֹת אַף הֵכִין לְטַאְטְאֵנִי.
שָׁכְבוּ וְנָדוּ חָצָץ לְהַבְרִיאֵנִי.
שָׁמְעוּ כִּי נֶאֱנָחָה אָנִי:
כִּי תָּם חַקְתָּ בְּכֵס אוֹפַנֶּיךָ.
תָּשִׁיב לָהֶם גְּמוּל כְּאָז חֲזוֹת פָּנֶיךָ.
תִּרְדּוֹף לְצַלְמוֹן יוֹעֲצֵי (רַע) עַל צְפוּנֶיךָ.
תִּתֵּן לְהַבְהַב נוֹתְצֵי פְּנִינֶיךָ.
תִּקְרָא לְשַׁכְּרָם כּוֹס כָּמוּס בְּפָנֶיךָ.
תָּבֹא כָל רָעָתָם לְפָנֶיךָ:
תָּבֹא אֶל צַר אֲשֶׁר כִּלָּנוּ.
לִמְבוֹא חֲמָת בְּחֵמָה נִהֲלָנוּ.
עַד לַחֲלַח וְחָבוֹר הִגְלָנוּ.
זָקֵן וּבָחוּר וּבְתוּלָה כְּבָלָנוּ.
רָם הַבֶּט נָא עַמְּךָ כֻּלָּנוּ.
זְכוֹר יְיָ מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
Kinah 7
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מחבר: רבי אלעזר הקליר
מיוסד ע"פ א"ב לאחר תיבת איכה ולאחר תיבות ולא זכרת.
ולבסוף חתום שם המחבר אלעזר והוא הקליר. תאננו לשפוך. על. זכרי. רגנתי:
אֵיכָה אַצְתָּ בְּאַפֶּךָ
לְאַבֵּד בְּיַד אֲדוֹמִים אֱמוּנֶיךָ.
וְלֹא זָכַרְתָּ בְּרִית בֵּין הַבְּתָרִים אֲשֶׁר בֵּרַרְתָּ לִבְחוּנֶיךָ.
וּבְכֵן בִּטִּינוּ. זְכוֹר יְיָ מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
אֵיכָה גָּעַרְתָּ בְּגַעֲרָתֶךָ
לַגְלוֹת בְּיַד גֵּאִים גְּאוּלֶיךָ.
וְלֹא זָכַרְתָּ דְּלִיגַת דִּלּוּג דֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר דָּלַגְתָּ לִדְגָלֶיךָ.
וּבְכֵן דִּבַּרְנוּ. זְכוֹר יְיָ מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
אֵיכָה הַגְתָּ בְּהֶגְיוֹנֶךָ
לַהֲדוֹף בְּיַד הוֹלְלִים הֲמוֹנֶיךָ.
וְלֹא זָכַרְתָּ וִעוּד וֶתֶק וֶסֶת אֲשֶׁר וִעַדְתָּ לִוְעוּדֶיךָ.
וּבְכֵן וְקוֹנֵנוּ. זְכוֹר יְיָ מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
אֵיכָה זָנַחְתָּ בְּזַעֲמֶךָ
לְזַלְזֵל בְּיַד זָרִים זְבוּלֶךָ.
וְלֹא זָכַרְתָּ חִתּוּן חֻקֵּי חוֹרֵב אֲשֶׁר חָקַקְתָּ לַחֲמוּלֶיךָ.
וּבְכֵן חִוִּינוּ. זְכוֹר יְיָ מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
אֵיכָה טָרַחְתָּ בְּטָרְחֶךָ
לִטְרוֹף בְּיַד טְמֵאִים טְלָאֶיךָ.
וְלֹא זָכַרְתָּ יְקַר יְדִידוּת יֹשֶׁר אֲשֶׁר יִחַדְתָּ לְיוֹדְעֶיךָ.
וּבְכֵן יָלַלְנוּ. זְכוֹר יְיָ מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
אֵיכָה כִּוַּנְתָּ בְּכַעֲסֶךָ
לְכַלּוֹת בְּיַד כְּפִירִים כַּרְמֶךָ.
וְלֹא זָכַרְתָּ לֹא לִזְנוֹחַ לְעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר לִמַּדְתָּ לִלְקוּחֶיךָ.
וּבְכֵן לָהַגְנוּ. זְכוֹר יְיָ מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
אֵיכָה מִלַּלְתָּ בְּמָאֳסֶךָ
לִמְחוֹת בְּיַד מוֹנִים מְנַשְּׂאֶיךָ.
וְלֹא זָכַרְתָּ נְשִׂיאַת נוֹצַת נֶשֶׁר אֲשֶׁר נָשָׂאתָ לִנְשׂוּאֶיךָ.
וּבְכֵן נָהִינוּ. זְכוֹר יְיָ מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
אֵיכָה שַׂחְתָּ בְּסַעֲרֶךָ
לְסַגֵּר בְּיַד סֵעֲפִים סַהֲדֶיךָ.
וְלֹא זָכַרְתָּ עֹז עֲדִי עֲדָיִים אֲשֶׁר עִטַּרְתָּ לַעֲבָדֶיךָ.
וּבְכֵן עָנִינוּ. זְכוֹר יְיָ מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
אֵיכָה פַּצְתָּ בְּפַחְדֶּךָ
לְפַגֵּר בְּיַד פָּרִיצִים פְּלָאֶיךָ.
וְלֹא זָכַרְתָּ צַהֲלַת צְבִי צַדִּיק אֲשֶׁר צָפַנְתָּ לִצְבָאֶיךָ.
וּבְכֵן צָעַקְנוּ. זְכוֹר יְיָ מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
אֵיכָה קָרָאתָ בִּקְרִיאָתֶךָ
לִקְנוֹת בְּיַד קָמִים קְרוּאֶיךָ.
וְלֹא זָכַרְתָּ רֶגֶשׁ רֶכֶב רִבּוֹתַיִם אֲשֶׁר רָצִיתָ לְרֵעֶיךָ.
וּבְכֵן רָגַנְנוּ. זְכוֹר יְיָ מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
אֵיכָה שָׁאַפְתָּ בְּשַׁאֲפֶךָ
לִשְׁלוֹת בְּיַד שׁוֹדְדִים שְׁלֵמֶיךָ.
וְלֹא זָכַרְתָּ תֹּקֶף תַּלְתַּלֵּי תֹּאַר אֲשֶׁר תִּכַּנְתָּ לִתְמִימֶיךָ.
וּבְכֵן תָּאַנְנוּ. זְכוֹר יְיָ מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
תָּאַנְנוּ לִשְׁפּוֹךְ דְּמָעוֹת כַּמַּיִם.
עַל מָה בְּיוֹם זֶה נִשְׁבִּינוּ פַּעֲמַיִם.
זָכְרִי בִּהְיוֹתִי בְּשַׁלְוָה יוֹשֶׁבֶת בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם.
רָגַנְתִּי, וְעַתָּה אַאֲדֶה עַד חוּג שָׁמָיִם:
Kinah 8
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מחבר: רבי אלעזר הקליר
מיוסד ע"פ א"ת ב"ש אות הראשונה ג"פ ואות שני' פעם אחת וכן השאר. ולבסוף חתום שם המחבר אלעזר והוא הקליר. ישראל. עזבוני. רגנתי.
אַאֲדֶה עַד חוּג שָׁמַיִם.
אַאֲלֶה אִתִּי שָׁמַיִם.
אָאֹר יוֹם מַחֲרִיבִי פַּעֲמַיִם.
אֶתְאוֹנֵן מִי יִתֵּן רֹאשִׁי מַיִם:
אַבְחִין בִּבְכִי יְלֵל מִדְבָּר.
אֶבְחֲנָה לֵיל מִלֵּיל וּמִדְבָּר מִמִּדְבָּר.
אֲבַכֶּה אִתִּי עוֹלַת מִדְבָּר.
אֶשְׁאַג מִי יִתְּנֵנִי בַמִּדְבָּר:
אֶגָּדַע וְאֶנָּשֵׁל כְּנֹקֶף זַיִת.
אֲגָרֶה אִתִּי כָּל בְּנֵי בַיִת.
אֶגְרֹם שֶׁיֹּאמַר בַּעַל הַבַּיִת.
אֵרָשֶׁה מִי יִתְּנֵנִי שָׁמִיר וָשַׁיִת:
אַדְוֶה בְּכָל לֵב לְהַמְצִיאֵהוּ.
אֵדְעָה מִלִּין בָּם לְאַמְּצֵהוּ.
אֶדְאַג אַיֵּה רוֹעֶה וְלֹא אֶמְצָאֵהוּ.
אֲקוֹנֵן מִי יִתֵּן יָדַעְתִּי אֶמְצָאֵהוּ:
אֵהָפְכָה וְאֶתְהַפְּכָה כְּאוֹפָן בְּמִלַּי.
אֶהְגֶּה פָּנִים בְּפָנִים לְתַנּוֹת עֲמָלַי.
אָהֲהוּ חֶרֶס וְסַהַר מִלְּהַגִּיהַּ לְמוּלַי.
אֶצְרַח מִי יִתֵּן אֵפוֹא וְיִכָּתְבוּן מִלָּי:
אוֹרַח מִשְׁפְּטֵי גּוֹנְבֵי עֲלִי.
אוֹדִיעַ בְּבִצְעִי וּמַעֲלִי.
אוּמְלְלוּ מַזָּלוֹת בְּקָרְעִי מְעִילִי.
אֶפְעֶה מִי יִתֵּן שׁוֹמֵעַ לִי:
אָזְדָה כְּהוּפְרָה הָאֲבִיּוֹנָה.
אֶזְכְּרָה כִּי הָיִיתִי מְחֻתָּנָה.
אַזִּיל פְּלָגִים כִּבְרֵכָה הָעֶלְיוֹנָה.
אֶעֱגוֹר מִי יִתֶּן לִי אֵבֶר כַּיּוֹנָה:
אָח נִפְשָׁע מִקִּרְיַת עֹז אֶל צֹר.
אָחוּ בְּלִי מַיִם בְּאַף לַעֲצֹר.
אָחַז קָמוֹת לִקְצֹר וְעוֹלְלוֹת לִבְצֹר.
אָשִׂיחָה מִי יוֹבִילֵנִי עִיר מָצוֹר:
אֶטַּע אָהֳלֵי אַפַּדְנִי בְּצַלְמָוֶת.
אָטוּסָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּנָה עַד חֲצַר מָוֶת.
אֶטָּפֵל אֶת הַמְּחַכִּים לַמָּוֶת.
אֶנְהֶה מִי גֶבֶר יִחְיֶה וְלֹא יִרְאֶה מָּוֶת:
אֱיָלוּתִי לְעֶזְרָתִי תַּרְתִּי חֲזוֹת.
אֲיוּמָתִי בְּכָל שָׁנָה אוֹמֶרֶת הִיא הַשָּׁנָה הַזֹּאת.
אֲיַדַּע לַכֹּל כִּי מוּדַעַת זֹאת.
אִם לֹא כִּי יַד יְיָ עָשְׂתָה זֹאת:
אֶכֹּף לְךָ רֹאשׁ יְיָ חֵילִי.
אֶכְרַע לְךָ בֶּרֶךְ לְחַתֵּל מַחֲלִי.
אַכְתִּירְךָ בְּשִׁיר מִשִּׁירֵי מְחוֹלִי.
אֲכַוֵּן מִי יִתֶּנְךָ כְּאָח לִי:
אַל תִּשְׁכַּח צַעֲקַת אֲרִיאֵל.
אֵלָיו לֶאֱגֹר יְהוּדָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל.
אַלְפֵי שִׁנְאָן אֲשֶׁר מָסַר אֵל.
לֵאמֹר מִי יִתֵּן מִצִּיּוֹן יְשׁוּעַת יִשְׂרָאֵל:
יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעֵת בִּדְרָכַי לֹא הָלָכוּ.
עֲזָבוּנִי וַעֲזַבְתִּים וּפָנַי מֵהֶם נֶהְפָּכוּ.
רָגַנְתִּי וְהֵילַלְתִּי וּמֵעַי וְלִבִּי נִשְׁפָּכוּ.
אֵיכָה תִּפְאַרְתִּי מֵרַאֲשׁוֹתַי הִשְׁלִיכוּ:
KInah 9
ט
מחברו הוא רבינו אלעזר הקליר:
מיוסד ע"פ א"ב בתיבה הראשונה של ראשי החרוזים. וע"פ תשר"ק בתיבה שניה של ראשי החרוזים. וכל בית מתחיל בתיבה מהתחלת הפסוק שבאיכה ב,', וסיים עם פסוק מפרשת בחוקותי.
Authored by Rabbi Eliezer HaKalir
First word of each stanza begins with א and continues with ב etc.
Second word of each stanza is reversed ת and then ש
Each stanza begins with a word of the the first word in Eicha 2 and ends with the verses of Bechukoseia.
אֵיכָה תִּפְאַרְתִּי מֵרַאֲשׁוֹתַי הִשְׁלִיכוּ.
וּכְנֶגֶד כִּסֵּא הַכָּבוֹד צֶלֶם הִמְלִיכוּ.
בְּחַלְּלִי תְּנַאי אֲשֶׁר חוֹזַי נִמְלָכוּ.
וְנָם אִם בְּחֻקֹּתַי תֵּלֵכוּ:
לָמָּה תָּרִיבוּ אֵלַי כֻּלְּכֶם.
חָזְקוּ עָלַי דִּבְרֵיכֶם.
מִיֶּדְכֶם הָיְתָה זֹאת לָכֶם:
בִּלַּע שׁוֹפְטַי בְּמוֹעֲצוֹת עִוְּתָם.
וּפָנִים הִסְתִּיר מֵהֶם כְּשָׁר עַוָּתָתָם.
וַיּוּמַר לְאָבָק מִטְרָם לְהַבְעִיתָם.
חֵלֶף וְנָתַתִּי גִּשְׁמֵיכֶם בְּעִתָּם:
סְחִי וּמָאוֹס שָׂמַנִי.
כִּלָּה בְאַפּוֹ וַיִּשְׂטְמֵנִי.
נִחוּמָיו מְהֵרָה יְשַׁעְשְׁעוּנִי:
גָּדַע רוֹם קַרְנָם וַעֲלוּמָם הִקְצִיר.
וּבְאִבְחַת חֶרֶב שַׁעֲרֵיהֶם הֵצִיר.
מְזֵי רָעָב עָשׂ בַּקָּצִיר.
תְּמוּר וְהִשִּׂיג לָכֶם דַּיִשׁ אֶת בָּצִיר:
דָּרַךְ קַשְׁתּוֹ וְכִלָּה בְחֶרֶץ.
וְכַבַּרְזֶל עִפֵּל שְׁמֵי עֶרֶץ.
פְּרָצַנִי שְׁלָשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה פָּרֶץ.
תַּחַת וְנָתַתִּי שָׁלוֹם בָּאָרֶץ:
הָיָה צוּרְכֶם וּמָעֻזְּכֶם וּמִשְׂגַּבְּכֶם.
הָפַךְ לְאַכְזָר וְנִלְחַם בָּכֶם.
הַנּוֹצַרְכֶם רִחַקְכֶם, חוֹשַׁקְכֶם תִּעַבְכֶם.
וְאַיֵּה הַבְטָחַת וּרְדַפְתֶּם אֶת אֹיְבֵיכֶם:
וַיַּחְמֹס פִּנַּת צֶדֶק מְלֵאָה.
כִּי בְּמַשְׂכִּיּוֹתָהּ מָצָא כָּל טֻמְאָה.
וּמְכַבְּדֶיהָ הִזִּילוּהָ כְּדָוָה מְטֻמָּאָה.
בְּשִׁנּוּי וְרָדְפוּ מִכֶּם חֲמִשָּׁה מֵאָה:
זָנַח עֶלְיוֹן קִרְיַת מוֹעֲדֵיכֶם.
וְהֶאֱבִיל שַׁעֲרֵי חֵל עֲמִידַת רַגְלֵיכֶם.
מִי בִקֶּשׁ זֹאת פָּץ וְהִגְלְכֶם.
וְגָמַר אֹמֶר וּפָנִיתִי אֲלֵיכֶם:
חָשַׁב שְׂנֹא אוֹם לֻקַּט כַּשּׁוֹשָׁן.
וּמֵחֵלֶב עוֹלָלֶיהָ אוֹתָהּ דִּשַּׁן.
קִיטוֹר חֻפָּתָהּ הֹעֲלָה כַּכִּבְשָׁן.
וְשָׁאֲלוּ אַיֵּה דָגָן תְּמוּר וַאֲכַלְתֶּם יָשָׁן נוֹשָׁן:
טָבְעוּ נִכְסוּ רוֹבְדֵי דּוּכָנִי.
בְּגֵיא חֲמָת כְּנִקְטַל מְכַהֲנִי.
הֲרֵי כַּמֶּה שָׁנִים גָּלָה יְסוֹד מְכוֹנִי.
וְסָע מִתּוֹכִי אֹמֶר וְנָתַתִּי מִשְׁכָּנִי:
יָשְׁבוּ מְבַכִּים מִנַּאַק מֵתֵיכֶם.
בְּאַרְבַּע מִיתוֹת הִפִּיל מְתֵיכֶם.
חֶרֶב וְרָעָב וְחַיָּה וָדֶבֶר שִׁחַתְכֶם.
כְּסָר צִלָּם פָּץ וְהִתְהַלַּכְתִּי בְתוֹכְכֶם:
כָּלוּ לְשׁוֹד כְּרֶגַע אָהֳלֵיכֶם.
וּבָכֶם נִשְׁבְּעוּ מְהוֹלְלֵיכֶם.
לְחֵיקְכֶם נִשְׁפְּכוּ נַפְשׁוֹת עוֹלְלֵיכֶם.
בְּמָאָסְכֶם שִׂיחַ אֲנִי יְיָ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם:
לְאִמּוֹתָם כִּלְכּוּל אָנָּא שִׁוְּעוּ.
וְצוּר לְמַלְאָכָיו שָׂח מֶנִי שְׁעוּ.
אֶרֶץ הַכַּרְמֶל הֲבֵאתִים וְשֻׁעַשְׁעוּ.
וְשָׂנְאוּ מוֹכִיחַ וְאִם לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּ:
מָה אֲעִידֵךְ, יְשִׁישַׁיִךְ עִם גּוּרַיִךְ בּוֹסָסוּ.
אוֹמְרִים עַל סוּס נָנוּס עַל כֵּן נָסוּ.
נִלְאֵיתִי נְשֹא עֲוֹנוֹתֵיכֶם כְּהֻעֲמָסוּ.
וָאֲיַסֶּרְכֶם כְּנַמְתִּי אִם בְּחֻקֹּתַי תִּמְאָסוּ:
נְבִיאַיִךְ תָּעוּ תַּרְמִית שָׁוְא חֲזוֹת.
וָאֶדְרֹשׁ לִסְלֹחַ וּפַצְתִּי אִי לָזֹאת.
פִּתִּיתִים וּכְנֶגְדִּי הֵשִׁיבוּ עַזּוֹת.
וְאָנַפְתִּי וְשַׂחְתִּי אַף אֲנִי אֶעֱשֶׂה זֹּאת:
סָפְקוּ חָרְקוּ שָׁרְקוּ מוֹנַי.
מִבִּפְנִים וּמִבַּחוּץ לְהַצְמִית אֱמוּנַי.
כִּי בְּנֵי זֵדִים חִלְּלוּ צְפוּנַי.
לְרָעָה וְלֹא לְטוֹבָה נָם וְנָתַתִּי פָנַי:
פָּצוּ זֵדִים: לִפְנֵי מִי תְּחַלֶּה?
עַם כֶּבֶד עָוֹן פָּקַד וַיִּלְאֶה.
לֹא תְּחַכּוּ עוֹד אוֹת וּמוֹפֵת וָפֶלֶא.
אָנַף וְנָסַע וְנָם וְאִם עַד אֵלֶּה:
עָשָׂה וַיָּרֶם קָדְקֹד בְּנֵי שָׁאוֹן.
וְדָמִי שִׁכְּרַנִי בְּגֵיא צִמָּאוֹן.
וּבְכָל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה הוֹסִיף יָגוֹן עַל אוֹן.
מֵעֵת כָּעַס וְנָם וְשָׁבַרְתִּי אֶת גְּאוֹן:
צָעַק הוֹי הוֹי וְאַשְׁפָּתוֹ הֵרִיק.
מִפֹּה וּמִפֹּה הֵבִיא עָלַי מַעֲרִיק.
וּבְלַעֲגֵי מָעוֹג שִׁנֵּי צָר הֶחֱרִיק.
וְכִלָּה כֹּחִי בִּנְאֻם וְתַם לָרִיק:
קוּמִי דָּפְקִי שַׁוְּעִי אַל דֳּמִי.
וּתְנִי כָאוֹב מֵאֶרֶץ קוֹלֵךְ וָדוֹמִי.
מֵי רוֹשׁ הִשְׁקַנִי וְהִדְמִי.
וְחָשַׁךְ הִלּוּכִי בִּנְאֻם וְאִם תֵּלְכוּ עִמִּי:
רְאֵה גּוֹרָל אִוִּיתָ הוּשַׂם לְרוֹעִים לְעָיַת.
וְלִקְאַת מִדְבָּר הָיִיתִי דְּמוּיַת.
גּוֹלָה גְּנוּיַת וְסוּרָה כְּנוּיַת.
בְּשָׁמְעִי וְהִשְׁלַחְתִּי בָכֶם אֶת חַיַּת:
שָׁכְבוּ בְּעִלּוּף כְּתוֹא מִכְמָר וְאֵין דּוֹלֶה.
הַמְלֵאִים גַּעַר וְאֵין מַרְפֵּא עוֹלֶה.
הֲרֵי כַּמָּה שָׁנִים הֲמָמַנִי לְהִתְכַּלֶּה.
אֲנוּשִׁים בְּוִכּוּחַ וְאִם בְּאֵלֶּה:
תִּקְרָא אֵיד עוֹלַלְתָּ עַל אַדְמוֹנִי.
לְסָחֳפוֹ וּלְשַׁסְּפוֹ שִׁבְעָתַיִם כְּאוֹנִי.
תָּהֹם צָרַי בְּצֵאת קוֹל מֵאַרְמוֹנִי. כְּנֶהֱמַמְתִּי
בְּרִיב וְהָלַכְתִּי אַף אֲנִי:
אַף אֲנִי לֻכַּד בְּיֹקֶשׁ שִׁכָּרוֹן.
עָרְבָה שִׂמְחָה וְהִשְׁבִּית חָרוֹן.
לָאָרֶץ אֵשֵׁב וְאֶהְגֶּה בְגָרוֹן.
אֵיכָה יָשְׁבָה חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן:
Kinah 10
י
מחברו רבינו אלעזר הקליר
מיוסד ע"פ א"ב בראשי החרוזות.
וע"פ איכה א':
אֵיכָה יָשְׁבָה חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן.
וְדָמַם רוֹן מִפִּי נוֹשְׂאֵי אָרוֹן.
וְנָעוּ מִמִּשְׁמְרוֹתָם כֹּהֲנִים בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן.
כְּנִמְסַר הַבַּיִת בִּמְסָרְבֵי מָרוֹן:
בָּכוֹ תִבְכֶּה מְחֻמֶּשֶׁת סְפָרִים.
כְּנֶהֱרַג כֹּהֵן וְנָבִיא בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים.
וְעַל דָּמוֹ נִשְׁחֲטוּ פְּרָחִים כִּצְפִירִים.
וְנָדוּ כְּצִפֳּרִים. כֹּהֲנֵי צִפּוֹרִים:
גָּלְּתָה מֵאַרְצָהּ כַּלָּה מְקֻשָּׁטָה.
בַּעֲוֹן מַעְשְׂרוֹת וּשְׁמִטָּה.
וּבְאַרְבַּעַת שְׁפָטִים הֻשְׁפָּטָה.
וּמֵעֶדְיָהּ הֻפְשָׁטָה. מִשְׁמֶרֶת מִפְשָׁטָה:
דַּרְכֵי הֵיכָל דָּמְמוּ כְּנִפְרַץ כָּתְלוֹ.
וְהַמְּעִיל כְּנִקְרַע פְּתִילוֹ.
הוּרַד וְהֻתַּךְ וְהֻשְׁפַּל מִתִּלּוֹ.
וְנָע מִשְּׁתִילוֹ. כֹּהֵן עַיְתָה לוֹ:
הָיוּ אוֹיְבִים מַלְעִיבִים בְּלוֹחֲמֵי לֶחֶם.
כְּבִטְּלוּ הֲלֹא פָרֹס לָרָעֵב לֶחֶם.
וְהֻרְעֲבוּ וְהֻצְמְאוּ מִמַּיִם וּמִלֶּחֶם.
כְּבֻטְּלוּ שְׁתֵּי הַלֶּחֶם. מִבֵּית לֶחֶם:
וַיֵּצֵא הֲדַר אוֹם בַּכֶּסֶף נֶחְפָּת.
וּתְמוּרוֹ אֵפֶר עַל רֹאשָׁהּ חֻפָּת.
וְנֵרוֹת נִכְבּוּ וּמְנוֹרָה נִכְפָּת.
כְּפָשְׁעוּ בְּלֶחֶם וּפַת. נִלְכְּדָה יוֹדְפַת:
זָכְרָה זְמַן אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע הֵשִׁיבוּ.
וְעַתָּה עֲנוֹת אָמֵן לֹא אָבוּ.
לַעֲנָה וָרוֹשׁ שֻׂבְּעוּ וְרָווּ.
וְהֻקְצוּ וְהֻלְעֲבוּ. כֹּהֲנֵי עַיְלְבוּ:
חֵטְא חָטְאָה וְאָמְרָה לָאֱלִיל "זֶה אֵל".
וְהִלְעִיגָה וְתִעְתְּעָה בְּחוֹזֵי אֵל.
עֲבוּר כֵּן הֻקְנְאָה בְּמַרְגִּיזֵי אֵל.
וַיֵּצֵא מִמְּעוֹן אֵל. כְּפַר עֻזִּיאֵל:
טֻמְאָתָהּ הֶחֱנִיפָה תֵבֵל.
וְנַעֲלָה רַב הַחוֹבֵל.
וַעֲנַן אֲבַק רַגְלָיו כְּאָבֵל.
וְאֵין מִתְכַּרְבֵּל. בְּכֹהֲנֵי אַרְבֵּל:
יָדוֹ פָּרַשֹ צָר בְּבֵית זְבוּל.
כִּי כְלָיָה חֻיַּבְתִּי כְּדוֹר הַמַּבּוּל.
כִּסְאוֹ הֵשִׁית לְחִבּוּל וְנִבּוּל.
וַיֵּצֵא בְּכֶבֶל כָּבוּל. כֹּהֵן כָּבוּל:
כָּל עַמָּהּ קוֹנְנוּ קִינָה.
כִּי הִכְעִיסוּ לְאֵל קַנָּא.
כְּגוֹי נָבָל אוֹתָם קִנָּא.
וְנָדְדָה מִקִּנָּהּ. מִשְׁמֶרֶת אֶלְקָנָה:
לֹא לַמָּרוֹם עַיִן צָפַת.
וְכֶסֶף עַל חֶרֶשׂ חִפַּת.
וּבְחִזּוּק מוּסָר הֻרְפָּת.
וְנֶהֱרַס וְנִלְפַּת. כֹּהֵן צְפָת:
מִמָּרוֹם הִשְׁמִיעַ נִלְאֵיתִי טְעוֹן.
וְהִכַּנִי בְּעִוָּרוֹן וּבְשִׁגָּעוֹן.
וּפָקַד עָלַי עֲוֹן נוֹב וְגִבְעוֹן.
וְנָעָה מִמָּעוֹן. מִשְׁמֶרֶת בֵּית כֹּהֵן מְעוֹן [נ"א חֻפַּת בֵּית מְעוֹן]:
נִשְׂקַד עֹל עָוֹן וְנִכְאַב.
כְּהוּשַׁבְתִּי אֲנוּנָה מִבְּלִי אָב.
וְדוֹמַמְתִּי מִלְּצַפְצֵף בְּמִנִּים וְעֻגָב.
וְנָשְׂאָה עָלַי קִינָה מִשְׁמֶרֶת יֶשֶׁבְאָב:
סִלָּה אַבִּירַי מוֹרֵי הוֹרָיָה.
וְלֹא נִזְכַּר לִי עֲקֵדַת מוֹרִיָּה.
וּמֵרֹב מֶרֶד וּמֶרְיָה.
הֻצְּגָה עֵרוֹם וְעֶרְיָה מִשְׁמֶרֶת מַעַרְיָה:
עַל גַּבִּי חָרְשׁוּ חוֹרְשִׁים וְהֶאֱרִיכוּ מַעֲנִית.
וְהֵרִיקוּ עָלַי חֶרֶב וַחֲנִית.
וְהִרְבֵּיתִי צוֹמוֹת וְתַעֲנִית.
וּמִצּוּרַת תָּכְנִית יָצְאָה יְוָנִית:
פֵּרְשָׂה וְאֵין יָד שׁוֹלֵחַ.
כִּי לֹא הֶאֱמִינָה בְּהַשְׁכֵּם וְשָׁלוֹחַ.
וְהֻשְׁבְּתָה בְּרִית מֶלַח.
וְאֵין שֶׁמֶן מְמֻלָּח בְּרֹאשׁ מַמְלָח:
צַדִּיק הוּא יְיָ כִּי פִיהוּ מָרַת.
וְעָרוּ עָרוּ עַד הַיְסוֹד בָּהּ הֻעֲרָת.
וּתְמוּר עָזִּי וְזִמְרָת קִינִים עָלֶיהָ נֶחֱרַת.
וּבְקַצְוֵי אֶרֶץ נִזְרָת מִשְׁמֶרֶת נָצְרַת:
קָרָאתִי לְצוּרִי וְקוֹלִי לֹא עָרַב.
וְקוֹנַנְתִּי בְּיַעַר בַּעֲרָב.
וְכָבָה נֵר הַדּוֹלֵק בַּמַּעֲרָב.
וְרֵיחַ לֹא עָרַב מֵאַכְלָה עֲרָב:
רְאֵה כִּי הֻסְעַרְתִּי כָּאֳנִיָּה.
בְּתַאֲנִיָּה וַאֲנִיָּה.
וּקְהָלִי כַּצֹּאן לַטֶּבַח מְנוּיָה.
וְנָעָה מֵחֲנוּיָה מִגְדַּל נוּנְיָה:
שָׁמְעוּ כִּי יָצָאתִי בַּשִּׁבְיָה.
וְנִשְׂרְפָה דַּת מָרוֹם שְׁבוּיָה.
וְהוּשַׁתִּי לְשַׁמָּה וְעִרְבּוּבְיָה.
וּמֵהֶסְתֵּר חֲבוּיָה נָדָה בֵּית חוֹבִיָּה:
שָׁמְעוּ כִּי נִזְהַמְתִּי בְּצַחֲנָה.
וְסָתַם מֶנִּי תְּחִנָּה.
וְלֹא נָתַן לִי רַחֲמִים וַחֲנִינָה.
וּמִקִּרְיַת חָנָה נָעָה כְּפַר יוּחֲנָה:
תָּבֹא רָעַת שָׂמוּנִי הַדָּמִין.
וְשָׁתוּ שְׁעָרַי שׁוֹמֵמִין.
וְהֵשִׁיב אָחוֹר יָמִין.
וּבַעֲוֹן צְלָמִין נָעָה גִּנְּתוֹן צַלְמִין:
תָּבֹא תַּמְרִיחַ וְחָשְׁכִּי תַּזְרִיחַ.
וְכַדֶּשֶׁא עַצְמוֹתֵינוּ תַּפְרִיחַ.
וְרֵיחַ נִיחוֹחֵנוּ כְּקֶדֶם תָּרִיחַ.
וּמִשֻּׁלְחָנְךָ תַּאֲרִיחַ שׁוּלֵי חֲמַת אָרִיחַ:
וַיְקוֹנֵן יִרְמְיָהוּ עַל יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ:
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מיוסד ע"פ א"ב וע"פ איכה ד, ומחברו רבינו אלעזר הקליר, (כ"כ ברש"י דה"ב ל"ה כ"ב) וחתם שמו בסוף אותות. לבטה עת. זמותי. רשעתי:
אֵיכָה אֱלִי קוֹנְנוּ מֵאֵלָיו.
בֶּן שְׁמוֹנֶה שָׁנָה הֵחֵל לִדְרֹשׁ מֵאֱלֹהָיו.
בְּנֵי חָם בְּעָבְרָם חָנוּ עָלָיו.
וְלֹא הֻזְכַּר לוֹ שִׁנּוּי מִפְעָלָיו:
גַּם בְּכָל מַלְכֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר קָמוּ לִגְדֹּר.
לֹא קָם כָּמוֹהוּ מִימוֹת אֲבִיגְדוֹר.
דָּבַק בּוֹ חֵטְא לֵיצָנֵי הַדּוֹר.
אֲשֶׁר קָמוּ אַחַר הַדֶּלֶת לִסְדֹּר:
הָאוֹכְלִים זֶרַע שִׁיחוֹר.
כִּתְמוֹ הַטּוֹב פִּחֲמוּ מִשְּׁחוֹר.
וַיִּגְדַּל עָוֹן וְהֵשִׁיב יָמִין אָחוֹר.
וְעוֹד לֹא שָׁלַח יָדוֹ מִן הַחוֹר:
זַכּוּ אֲמָרָיו כְּנָם דָּת לְהָקִים.
בִּצַּע אֶמְרָתוֹ בְּאָרוּר אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָקִים.
חָשַׁךְ תָּאֳרוֹ כְּנִאֲצוּ רְחוֹקִים.
בְּבֶצַע מוֹאֲסֵי דָּת וְחֻקִּים:
טוֹבִים רָעִים נִקְרְאוּ בְּשָׁלְחוֹ מַלְאָךְ.
מַה לִּי וָלָךְ הַיּוֹם לְתַלְּאָךְ.
יְדֵי עַם הָאָרֶץ דָּמִים בְּמַלְּאָךְ.
תֵּעָנֵשׁ בְּבָצְעִי אֶת פִּלְאָךְ:
כִּלָּה הֲמוֹנַי לֶכֶת אֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם.
לְמַעַן לֹא תַעֲבֹר חֶרֶב כָּל שֶׁהוּא בְּאֶפְרַיִם.
וְלֹא שָׁמַע לְחוֹזֶה לָשׁוּב אֲחוֹרַיִם.
כִּי גְּזֵרָה נִגְזְרָה לְסַכְסֵךְ מִצְרַיִם בְּמִצְרָיִם:
מֵחַטֹּאת סְתִירַת מְזוּזוֹת.
חֲזוֹן עַנְתוֹתִי הֵחֵלּוּ לִבְזוֹת.
נָעוּ עֲנָמִים לְחוּמוֹ לְהַבְזוֹת.
וְלֹא הֵסֵב פָּנָיו וְסָפְדוּ עַל זֹאת:
סוּרוּ הֵעִידוּ עַד לֹא שְׁאִיָּה.
וַיְמָאֲנוּ סוּר וּמָט יְסוֹד נְשִׁיָּה.
פְּנֵי קְרָב כְּקָרַב וְלֹא עָלְתָה לוֹ רְטִיָּה.
וַיוֹרוּ הַמּוֹרִים לַמֶּלֶךְ יֹאשִׁיָּה:
עוֹדֶנּוּ עוֹצֵם עֵינָיו בְּגֶוְיוֹ נוֹחֲצִים.
חֵץ אַחַר חֵץ מוֹרִים וְלוֹחֲצִים.
צָדוּהוּ וְשָׂמוּהוּ כַּמַּטָּרָה לַחִצִּים.
וַיִּזְרְקוּ בּוֹ שְׁלֹש מֵאוֹת חִצִּים:
קַלִּים הִטּוּ אַחֲרָיו אֱזוֹן מוֹצָא פִיהוּ.
וְעַד מִצּוּי נֶפֶשׁ מַעֲשָׂיו הֵפִיהוּ.
הִפְצָה מִפִּיהוּ.
צַדִּיק הוּא יְיָ כִּי מָרִיתִי פִּיהוּ:
שִׂישִׂי נוֹף כִּי קִנֵּא זַעַם.
לְשַׁלֵּם שְׁאוֹנָם בַּעֲוֹן בִּצְעָם.
תַּם כֶּתֶם הַטּוֹב עַם זוּ בְּפִשְׁעָם.
וַיְקוֹנֵן עָלָיו כָּל אֵיכָה יוּעַם:
תַּם בְּמִקְרֶה אֶחָד כּוֹס מְגִדּוֹ לִשְׁתּוֹת.
בְּמוֹעֵד שְׁנַת הַשְּׁמִטָּה כְּנָע הַקְהֵל לֶאֱתוֹת.
תָּלָה בְּעֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם מֵהֲרֹס שָׁתוֹת.
כִּי סָפְדוּ לוֹ אֵיכָה בְּעֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁתַּיִם אוֹתִיּוֹת:
אוֹתוֹת קִינוֹת לֻבָּטָה מְחוֹלִי.
עֵת כִּי שָׁכַחְתִּי מְחוֹלְלִי.
זַמּוֹתִי כִּי לָעַד יַאֲהִילִי.
רָשַׁעְתִּי וְנָסַעְתִּי וְנֻטַּשׁ אָהֳלִי:
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מחבר אלעזר הקליר
מיוסד ע"פ תשר"ק, ובסוף חתום שם המחבר אלעזר והוא הקליר. אחור.לכל. על. זאת. רפואתי:
אָהֳלִי אֲשֶׁר תָּאַבְתָּ עַד לֹא בְרֵאשִׁית עִם כִּסֵּא כָבוֹד לְצָרְפוֹ.
לָמָּה לָנֶצַח שֻׁדַּד בְּיַד שׁוֹדְדִים.
וְנִהְיֵיתָ כְּרוֹעֶה בְּעֹטְיָהּ וְרָעַשְׁתָּ וְרָגַנְתָּ.
וְעַתָּה מַה לִּי פֹה:
אָהֳלִי אֲשֶׁר קוֹמַמְתָּ לְאֵיתָנֵי אֶרֶץ בְּחֶרְדַּת מִי אֵפוֹא.
לָמָּה לָנֶצַח צֻמַּת בְּיַד צָרִים.
וְנִהְיֵיתָ כְּצִפּוֹר בּוֹדֵד עַל גַּג מַר צוֹרֵחַ.
מַה לִּידִידִי פֹּה:
אָהֳלִי אֲשֶׁר פַּצְתָּ לְמַעֲנוֹ לְצִיר.
וְאַתָּה עֲמֹד עִמָּדִי פֹּה.
לָמָּה לָנֶצַח עֻרְעַר בְּיַד עֲרֵלִים.
וְנִהְיֵיתָ כְּשֹוֹנֵא וְצָר.
וְאַיֵּה אִוּוּי מוֹשָׁב פֹּה:
אָהֳלִי אֲשֶׁר נָחִית בְּעַנְנֵי הוֹד.
לְזֹאת אֲשֶׁר יֶשְׁנוֹ פֹּה וַאֲשֶׁר אֵינֶנּוּ פֹּה.
לָמָּה לָנֶצַח מֹאַס בְּיַד מוֹרְדִים.
וְנִהְיֵיתָ כְּגִּבּוֹר לֹא יוּכַל לְהוֹשִׁיעַ.
מַה לְּךָ פֹה וּמִי לְךָ פֹה:
אָהֳלִי אֲשֶׁר כּוֹנַנְתָּ מוּל מָכוֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ לְחוֹפֵף לְחֻפּוֹ.
לָמָּה לָנֶצַח יֻעָה בְּיַד יְהִירִים.
וְנִהְיֵיתָ כְּטָס בֶּחָלָל וְאֵין עוֹד נָבִיא.
וְנַמְתָּ הַאֵין פֹּה:
אָהֳלִי אֲשֶׁר חָנִיתָ מֵאָז בְּתָאָיו מִפֹּה וּמִפֹּה.
לָמָּה לָנֶצַח זֻנַּח בְּיַד זָרִים.
וְנִהְיֵיתָ כְּוָתִיק יוֹצֵא חוּצָה.
וְלֹא עָבַר פֹּה:
אָהֳלִי אֲשֶׁר הֵכַנְתָּ לְהַשְׁלִיךְ בּוֹ לְפָנֶיךָ גּוֹרָל פֹּה.
לָמָּה לָנֶצַח דֹּחָה בְּיַד דָּמִים.
וְנִהְיֵיתָ כְּגֵר בָּאָרֶץ.
וְנַמְתָּ כִּי לֹא נָסוֹב עַד בּוֹאוֹ פֹּה:
אָהֳלִי אֲשֶׁר בַּעֲוֹן בִּצְעִי חָשְׁכוּ כּוֹכְבֵי נִשְׁפּוֹ.
לָמָּה לָנֶצַח אֻפַּל בְּיַד אֻמּוֹת.
וְנִהְיֵיתָ כְּאוֹרֵחַ בְּמָלוֹן.
וְעוֹד מִי לְךָ פֹּה:
אָחוֹר וָקֶדֶם מִפֹּה וּמִפֹּה.
לְכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר נוֹדַע קִצְפּוֹ וְחֻפּוֹ.
עַל מָה מִכָּל אוֹם שָׁת עָלַי כַּפּוֹ.
זֹאת בַּעֲלִיל כִּי פִּיד חָקוּק בְּכַפּוֹ.
רְפוּאָתִי בְּטוּחָה כִּי רֶגַע בְּאַפּוֹ.
וְעַד עַתָּה אֵיכָה יָעִיב בְּאַפּוֹ:
KInah 13
יג
מחבר אלעזר הקליר
הקינה הזאת תקנה ג"כ הקליר, והולך ומונה כל התשועות ונפלאות שנעשו לישראל בלשון כה. ומיוסד ע"פ א"ב אחר תיבות אי כה ואחר תיבות והן עתה, וכל בית מסיים בפסוק מתהלים ע"ד:
אֵי כֹּה אֹמֶר כּוֹרֵת לְאָב בְּפֶצַח.
בִּבְרִית בֵּין הַבְּתָרִים כֹּה יִהְיֶה לָנֶצַח.
וְהֵן עַתָּה בֻּלְּעוּ עֲצָמַי בְּרֶצַח.
לָמָה אֱלֹהִים זָנַחְתָּ לָנֶצַח:
אֵי כֹּה גָּשׁ כְּשֶׂה לְעוֹלָה לְרַצּוֹתֶךָ.
נֵלְכָה עַד כֹּה פִּתּוּ בְּעֵדוֹתֶיךָ.
וְהֵן עַתָּה דָּקְרוּ כְּפֶלַח רַעְיָתֶךָ.
יֶעְשַׁן אַפְּךָ בְּצֹאן מַרְעִיתֶךָ:
אֵי כֹּה הַבְטָחַת עֲקֻדִּים נְקֻדִּים בְּמַשּׂוֹאוֹת.
אִם כֹּה יֹאמַר כֹּה יוּחַשׁ אוֹת.
וְהֵן עַתָּה וִכַּחְתָּ עִיר מְלֵאָה תְּשׁוּאוֹת.
הָרִימָה פְעָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁאוֹת:
אֵי כֹּה זָם וְהָרַג מִצְרִי בְּגַן נָעוּל בַּקֹּדֶשׁ.
וַיִּפֶן כֹּה וָכֹה חֻתַּם בַּעֲדַת קֹדֶשׁ.
וְהֵן עַתָּה חֶלְקָם אָכַל חֹדֶשׁ.
כָּל הֵרַע אוֹיֵב בַּקֹּדֶשׁ:
אֵי כֹּה טוֹב כְּשֻׁלַּח גְּאֹל עֲבָדֶיךָ.
כֹּה תֹאמַר לְשַׁלֵּחַ עַם לְעָבְדֶּךָ.
וְהֵן עַתָּה יָשְׁבוּ בּוֹגְדִים בְּבֵית וִעוּדֶךָ.
שָׁאֲגוּ צוֹרְרֶיךָ בְּקֶרֶב מוֹעֲדֶיךָ:
אֵי כֹּה כְּרִיתוּת חֲדָשׁוֹת בְּרִיתוֹת.
בְּכֹה אָמַר כַּחֲצוֹת לַיְלָה בְּמוֹפְתֵי אוֹתוֹת.
וְהֵן עַתָּה לֻהָקוּ בְּנַעֲלֵיהֶם לֶאֱתוֹת.
שָׂמוּ אוֹתוֹתָם אוֹתוֹת:
אֵי כֹּה מִשְׁמַע וּמֹשֶׁה עָלָה.
כֹּה תֹאמַר לִנְוַת בַּיִת מְעֻלָּה.
וְהֵן עַתָּה נִאֲצוּהָ בְּנֵי עַוְלָה.
יִוָּדַע כְּמֵבִיא לְמַעְלָה:
אֵי כֹּה שִׂיחַ שִׁשִּׁים אוֹתִיּוֹת הַקְּדוּמוֹת.
כֹּה תְבָרְכוּ לְשִׁשִּׁים גִּבּוֹרִים דּוֹמוֹת.
וְהֵן עַתָּה עָתְקוּ רְדוּמוֹת.
בִּסְבָךְ עֵץ קַרְדֻּמּוֹת:
אֵי כֹּה פָּץ לָקֹב עָם וּבֵרַךְ עַם קְדוֹשֶׁךָ.
בְּשׁוּב וְכֹה תְדַבֵּר הוּמַר לִקְדוֹשֶׁךָ.
וְהֵן עַתָּה צָרוּ עַל עִיר קָדְשֶׁךָ.
שִׁלְחוּ בָאֵשׁ מִקְדָּשֶׁךָ:
אֵי כֹּה קִיחַת לְוִיִּם שְׁלֵמֶיךָ.
כֹּה תַעֲשֶׂה לָהֶם לְטַהֲרָם לְבֵית עוֹלָמֶךָ.
וְהֵן עַתָּה רָעֲשׁוּ וְהִרְעִישׁוּ שָׁמֶיךָ.
לָאָרֶץ חִלְּלוּ מִשְׁכַּן שְׁמֶךָ:
אֵי כֹּה שִׁבְעַת שׁוֹפְרוֹת עֶרֶץ.
כֹּה תַעֲשֶׂה שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים לְהַפִּיל חוֹמָה לָאָרֶץ.
וְהֵן עַתָּה שְׁעָרִים טָבְעוּ בָאָרֶץ.
שָׂרְפוּ כָל מוֹעֲדֵי אֵל בָּאָרֶץ:
אֵי כֹּה תְּשׁוּעַת אֲסָמֵי אוֹצָר
בְּכֹה אָמַר אֲשֶׁר לַחוֹזִים נָצָר. (מ"ב ז א)
וְהֵן עַתָּה תֻּפְּחוּ פְרָחַי בַּחֲצַר
עַד מָתַי אֱלֹהִים יְחָרֶף צָר
Kinah 14
יד
אֵיכָה אֶת אַשֶׁר כְּבָר עָשוּהוּ.
תָּבַע מֶנִי לִגְבֹות נְשֵׁיהוּ.
אַשֶׁר עַד לֹא שְׁחָקִים נִמְתָּחוּ.
בְּשֶׁלִי רָמַז וְהָאָרֶץ הָיְתָה תֹהוּ:
בִּילַע בְּאֹות עַרְבִית וְשַׁחְרִית.
גֵאֶה מַגִיד מֵרֵאשִׁית אַחְרִית.
בָּנוּי וְחָרֵב וּבָנוּי בְאַחְרִית.
וּמְחֹובִי קִלְקְלָתֹו הֶחֶרִית:
הֶחֱרִית אִישׁוֹן וְחֹשֶׁך מְיֻדַּע.
וְקַדמוֹנִים חָזוּהוּ מְגֻדָּע.
אָז לְרָאשֵׁי דוֹרוֹת נִתּוּצוֹ נוֹדַע.
עַד לֹא עָשׂוּי קַרְנוֹתָיו גָּדַע:
גָּדַע גֹּבַהּ קוֹמַת יְצִיר צָר.
זֶה סֵפֶר לְפָנָיו הֻבְצַר.
גָּלְמִי רָאוּ עֵינֶיךָ הָפְצַר.
כְּהֶעֱבִיר לְפָנָיו כָּל נֶעֱצָר:
דָּרַך דֻּחַף מִבֵּית הָאוֹצָר.
וְהֶרְאָהוּ כִּי הַמַּצָּע קָצָר.
דָּוֶה לִבּוֹ כְּבָט בּיאַת בָּנָיו בְּיַד צָר.
וַיְקוֹנֵן עָלָיו אֵיכָה בְּאַיֶּכָּה בְּעֵת צָר:
צוּר הֶרְאָה לוֹ מַה שֶּׁהָיָה.
נֻתַּץ קִיר נָטוּי וְגָדֵר הַדְּחוּיָה.
לַדּוֹרוֹת לִמֵּד נְהוֹת נְהִי וְנִהְיָה.
עַל שֶׁבֶר אֲשֶׁר הָיָה:
הָיָה הַנּוֹעַר מִמִּזְרָח.
בֵּין בְּתָרִים אוֹרוֹ כְּזָרַח.
וְהֶרְאָהוּ אַרְבַּע מַלְכֻיּוֹת בְּרֶדֶם וְצָרַח.
כִּי טָבַע שַׁעַר הַמִּזְרָח:
וַיַּחְמֹס וַיְנַצֵל זֵרָהּ.
וַיַּרְא הַשְׁלָכַת נִזְרָהּ.
וְאֵימָה נֹפֶלֶת עָלָיו כְּבִזְּרָהּ.
וְצִדֵּק מִדַּת הַדִּין כְּאָז רָאָהּ:
רָאָה עֵרֹם וְעֶרְיָה וְנֶאֱנַח.
וְלַעֲקוּדוֹ סוֹד זֶה פִּעֲנַח.
עָשְׁשָׁה מִכַּעַס עֵינוֹ וְלֹא נָח.
מֵרְאוֹת גִּזְעוֹ טוֹב זָנַח:
זָנַח זֹהַר תָּם בַּמַּחֲזֶה.
כִּי לֹא הֶאֱמִין בִּנְאֻם זֶה.
זָן עֵינוֹ בַּמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה.
וְשָׁר שִׁמּוּמוֹ וַיְקוֹנֵן אֵין זֶה:
חָשַׁב חֲשֹׁשׁ בְּעוֹלִים וְיוֹרְדִים.
וַיָּבֶן כִּי בוֹ יְהוּ רוֹדִים.
חֲנִיכָיו עַלמֶה בְּדִינוֹ חֲרֵדִים.
וּמֵהֶם תָּבַע זְבוּל מוֹרְדִים:
מוֹרְדִים זְבוּל וּמַצְפּוּנָיו נִבָעוּ.
וּמַסְמְרוֹת נְעָלֵימוֹ בְּקַרְקָעִיתוֹ קָבָעוּ.
זִיו שְׁעָרָיו מֶנִּי מַה נִּתְבָּעוּ.
וְהִנָּם טְמוּנִים בָּאָרֶץ כִּי טָבָעוּ:
טָבְעוּ טוֹרְדִים לֵידַע זְמָן.
כִּי לְגַלּוֹת קֵץ אָב זֻמָּן.
טוֹב מִשֶּׁגִּלָּה לוֹקֵץ מְזֻמָּן.
הָשַׁע וְהִבְלִיג וְקֵץ כָּמָן:
יָשְׁבוּ וְשָׁאֲלוּ לְאָב לֵידַע.
קֵץ הַפְּלָאוֹת מָתַי יִתְוַדַּע.
יְקַוּוּ לְיוֹם יְשׁוּעָה וְלֹא נוֹדַע.
עַד כִּי בְעִתּוֹ יוּחַשׁ וְיִתְוַדַּע:
יִתְוַדַּע רָז לְעָם בְּךָ נִסְתַּכָּלוּ.
וְנִכְסָה מֵהֶם וְלֹא יוּכָלוּ.
רֵעֶיךָ מִקִּנְאַת בֵּיתְךָ נֶאֱכָלוּ.
וּבְיָגוֹן חַיֵּימוֹ כָּלוּ:
כָּלוּ כִּסְלֵי צִיר כְּשֻׁלָּח.
וְנָם שְׁלַח נָא בְּיַד תִּשְׁלָח.
כִּי מַה בֶּצַע לִי לְהִשְׁתַּלָּח.
וְאַחֲרַי גִּלְעָדִי יְשֻׁלָּח:
לְאִמֹּתָם לִבְּבוּ עוֹלְלֵי סוּף.
אֵי זֶה יוֹם הַכָּסוּף.
לִבָּם הֵכִין לְשׁוֹרֵר מִסּוּף.
יְיָ יִמְלֹךְ בִּזְרוֹעַ חָשׂוּף:
חָשׂוּף זְרוֹעוֹ בְּיָד רָמָה.
נִגְלָה בִּימִין רוֹמֵמָה.
בָּנִים כְּשָׁרוּ חֵמָה זְרוּמָה.
קָצְרָה נַפְשָׁם בְּגֵיא אֱדוֹם לָדַעַת עַל מָה:
מַה מָּצָאתָ עַוְלָתָה בִּי.
כִּי בָגוֹד בָּגַדְתָּ בִּי.
מִמִּדְבָּר הֵמַרְתָּ בִּי.
וְעַד עַתָּה לֹא הֶאֱמַנְתָּ בִּי:
נְבִיאַיִךְ נִטְעֵי אֲבִיגְדוֹר.
נִשְׁתַּבְּרוּ פְּרָצוֹת לִגְדוֹר.
נִגְלֵיתִי בְיוֹם נָקָם לִסְדּוֹר.
וְלֹא קֻדְּשׁוּ פְּרִיצֵי הַדּוֹר:
הַדּוֹר יָזְמוּ דַּעַת סוֹד וְדָפָקוּ.
הִשְׁבַּעְתִּי אֶתְכֶם שָׁמְעוּ וּפָקָקוּ.
יַעַן כְּשָׁמְעָם זֹאת נִתְמַקְמָקוּ.
וְעַל כַּפַּיִם סָפָקוּ:
סָפְקוּ שָׂשׂוּ בָּאֵי הָאָרֶץ.
כְּנָפְלוּ בְּיָדָם מַלְכֵי אָרֶץ.
סִבְּרוּ כִּי יִשְׁעָם יִרֶץ.
וְעַל יָדָם יִתְכּוֹנֵן מְשׂוֹשׂ כָּל הָאָרֶץ:
פָּצוּ פִיהֶם חַג לַייָ בְּשִׁילֹה.
דִמּוּ כִּי לָעַד יִהְיֶה שָׁם מוֹשְׁלוֹ.
פָּעֲלוּ שֶׁקֶר וְהֵשִׁילוֹ.
עַד כִּי יָבֹא שִׁילֹה:
שִׁילֹה רִצָּה כְּחַלָּה מֵעִסָּה.
וְנִמְאַס כַּאֲשֶׁר בּוֹ נַעֲשָׂה.
רְאוּ מָה עֲבֵרָה עוֹשָׂה.
לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר חָפֵץ עָשָׂה:
עָשָׂה עִמִּי אוֹת בְּצִבְיוֹן.
וּלְעִתּוֹ חָשׁ עֲלֵי קִשְׁיוֹן.
עֻלַּפְתִּי כְּחֹרֶב בְּצָיוֹן.
עַד אֲשֶׁר יוֹפִיעַ אֱלֹהִים מִצִּיּוֹן:
צִיּוֹן צָעַק אֵיךְ נָתַן.
לָשׂוּם עָלַי גּוֹי אֵיתָן.
צָהַל וְרָקַע עַל הַמִּפְתָּן.
וּבַחֲמָתוֹ חִתִּיתוֹ נָתָן:
נָתַן בִּעֲתוּתוֹ עֵת הוֹבִילַנִי רוֹקְמִי.
תַּרְתִּי לָעַד בָּהּ לְקוֹמְמִי.
בֹּשְׁתִּי וְגַם נִכְלַמְתִּי בֵּל בַּהֲקִימִי.
וּבַחֲרוֹן אַף נָם לִי קוּמִי:
קוּמִי קָשַׁבְתִּי בְּהַזְנָחָה.
קוּמִי וּלְכִי כִּי לֹא זֹאת הַמְּנוּחָה.
קַצְתִּי בְחַיַּי מֵאֲנָחָה.
וְהִגַּשְׁתִּי וְלֹא עָרְבָה מִנְחָה:
רְאֵה רוֹעַ נַפְשִׁי זְנוּחָה.
מִשָּׁלוֹם וּמִשַּׁלְוָה וּמֵהֲנָחָה.
רְטוּשָׁה בְּהָרֵי נֶשֶׁף אֲנוּחָה.
גַּם שָׁם לֹא נָחָה:
נָחָה יָדוֹ בָּם וּבָהּ נִכְווּ.
אֱנוֹשִׁים עַל רֹאשָׁם כְּרָכְבוּ.
יָגְעוּ עַל נַהֲרוֹת בָּבֶל כְּנִתְעַכְּבוּ.
וּכְעוֹלְלוּ עוֹלָלוּ חוּצָה שָׁכְבוּ:
שָׁכְבוּ שׁוֹבִים גֶּוְיָם מַדְקִירִים.
מִתְעוֹלְלִים בָּמוֹ כְּמוֹ בְקָרִים.
שֶׁהֵם יָזֻבוּ מְדֻקָּרִים.
וּמֵי פְרָת קְרָבֵימוֹ דוֹקְרִים:
תִּקְרָא תֹּקֶף טֶבַח וּמֶסֶךְ לְמַבְקִירִים.
קִיר עֵרָה מְקַרְקְרִים.
וְכָל עָם וְלָשׁוֹן בָּם סוֹקְרִים.
וַעֲלֵיהֶם מְקוֹנְנִים בְּנֵי צִיּוֹן הַיְקָרִים:
הַיְקָרִים קוֹל בְּרָמָה הִשְׁמִיעוּ לִבְכֹּה.
לָמָּה זֶה וְעַל מַה זֶּה הִקְרָנוּ כֹּה.
יַחַד זֶה אוֹמֵר בְּכֹה וְזֶה אוֹמֵר בְּכֹה.
רָגְנוּ לְהָמִיר לְשׁוֹן אֵיכָה בִּלְשׁוֹן אֵי כֹּה:
Kinah 15
טו מיוסד ע"פ ששה פעמים א"ב. של איכה ישבה (איכה פרק א', פעם אחת א"ב) ואיכה יעיב (איכה פרק ג', פעם אחת א"ב) ואיכה יועם (איכה פרק ד, פעם אחת א"ב) ושל אני הגבר (איכה פרק ג) שלש אלפא ביתות. וכל חרוז הוא מכופל כגון איכה אשפתו, איכה אשא, איכה אץ. וכן הוא מכופל בכל ראשי החרוזות, נמצא בין כולם תשעה א"ב. ואחר כל אות מביא חרוז אחר שלא מא"ב ומתחיל כל חרוז הנ"ל בתיבה אחת מקינה ד' המתחלת זכור ה' מה היה לנו. וכל תיבות ראשי הפסוקים של הנ"ל הם ראשי החרוזים. ובכל חרוז מהא"ב הדלת הוא מהשלשה איכות, והסוגר הוא מאני הגבר. ואף החרוזים המיוסד ע"ס זכור ה' הוא ג"כ מיוסד ע"ס א"ב אחרי תיבות התחלת החרוז, הרי י"פ א"ב, והסוגר מחרוזים הנ"ל מהתוכחה שבפרשת בחוקותי, והתחיל והבאתי עליכם חרב וגו' על אלה החוקים שהם כ"ב פסוקים נגד אלף ביתא אחד, נמצא בין כולם אחד עשרה א"ב. ומחברו רבינו אלעזר הקליר.
אֵיכָה אַשְׁפָּתוֹ פָּתוּחַ כְּקֶבֶר.
וּּלְרוֹדִי בְּאַף הוֹסִיף אֶבֶר.
אֲנִי הַגֶּבֶר:
אֵיכָה אֶשָׂא עָוֺן הָג
וְחוּסַם פִּי מִפֶּלֶל לַהַג.
אוֹתִי נָהַג:
אֵיכָה אָץ זַעְמוֹ לִשְׁפּוֹךְ.
הָכִיל נִלִאֵיתי וְנָם שְׁפֺךְ.
אַךְ בִּי יָשֻׁב יַהֲפֺךְ:
זְכוֹר אֲפִיפָתִי בַּשֶּׁרֶב.
וְנָם כִּי יִנָּטוּ צִלְלֵי עָרֶב.
וְהֵבֵאתִי עַלֵיכֶם חָרֶב:
בָּכוֹ תִבְכֶּה בְּעֵת כֺּל חָסְּרִי.
וּכְעָזְבִי אֺרַח יִסְּרִי.
בִּלָּה בְשָׂרִי וְעוֹרִי:
בִּלַּע בַּית לָרוֹם מֻזְקָף.
וְכַבַּרְזֶל סִבְכִי [נ"א סִבְכֹו] נִקַּף.
בָּנָה עָלַי וַיַּקַּף:
בְּנֵי בִטְנִי לֶאֱכוֹל הִקְשִׁיבַנִי.
מִנִּי צָר אָחוֹר הֱשִׁיבַנִי.
בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּים הוֹשִׁיבַנִי:
נַחֲלָתֵנוּ כְּנֻטְּשָׁוּ בְּיַד לוֹחֵם.
נָם לֹא אָחוּס וְלֹא אֲרַחֵם.
בְּשִׁבְרִי לָכֶם מַטֵּה לֶחֶם:
גָּלְתָה גְהוּצָה לְשַׁנּוֹת עֶדִי.
מֵחֻפָּה לְגָלוּת בְּהִתְעַתְּדִי.
גָּדַר בַּעֲדִי:
גָּדַע גְּאוֹן נָדִיב וָשׁוֹעַ.
וְהֵשִׁיב יָמִין אָחוֹר מִלְּהוֹשִׁיעַ.
גַּם כִּי אֶזְעַק וַאֲשֶׁוֵּעַ:
גַּם גָּבַר עָלַי פּוֹרְכַי.
וּבְנַאֲקִי סָתַם חֲרַכַּי.
גָּדַר דְּרָכַי:
יְתוֹמִים גְּרוּשִׁים מֵאֲחֻזּוֹת.
וְלֹא שָׁב אַפּוֹ בְּכָל זֺאת.
וְאָמַר אִם בּזֺאת:
דַּרְכֵי דִיץ סָךְ לְהַאֲבִילִי.
וּלְגָלוּת שֵׁשַׁךְ הוֹבִילִי.
דֺב אֺרֵב הוּא לִי:
דָּרַךְ דּוֹחֵק עַל בָּמוֹתַי לְהִשְׂתָּרֵר.
שְׁעוּ מִנִּי בִּבְכִי אֲמָרֵר.
דְּרָכַי סוֹרֵר:
דָּבַק דּוֹלֵק וְצָדַנִי בְּרִשְׁתּוֹ.
עָלַי לִלְטוֹשׁ מַחֲרַשְׁתּוֹ.
דָּרַךְ קַשׁתּוֹ:
מֵימֵינוּ דָלַח וְנָם אֲשִׁמְּכֶם.
גֵּיא גָּלוּת אֲטִילְכֶם לְהַכְלִימְכֶם.
וְהָלַכְתִּי עִמָּכֶם:
הוֹי הָהּ לַיוֹם בְּכִיּוֹתָי.
וְצָרֶבֶת אֵשׁ כְּוִיּוֹתָי.
הֵבִיא בּכִליֺתָי:
הָיָה הוֹלֵךְ לְפָנַי מַזְעִימִי.
וְכֶעָסִיס דָּמִי הִטְעִימִי.
הָיִיתִי שְׂחֺק לְכָל עַמִּי:
הָאֺכְלִים הֶקְדֵּשׁ פֶּסַח בְּלֵיל שִׁמֻּרִים.
הֶאֱכִילָם בְּכָפָן רָאשֵׁי חֲמוֹרִים.
הִשְׂבִּיעַנִי בַמְּרוֹרִים:
עַל צֶוָּארֵנוּ הִשְׂרִיג וְחִלֵּל שֶׁכֶם.
וְנָם אֶפקוֹד עַל עֲוֹנוֹתֵיכֶם.
וַאַכַלְתֶּם בְּשַׂר בְּנֵֵיכֶם:
וַיֵּצֵא וְקָדְקֺד שִׂפַּח וְרִצָּץ.
וְחִזֵּק מוּסָרִי כִּי אֶתְלוֹצָץ.
וַיַּגְרֵס בֶּחָצָץ:
וַיַּחְמֺּס וַיְנַצֵל מֵעֶדְיִי לְהַכְפִּישִׁי.
וּמִגֺּבַהּ לִתְהוֹם הִרפִּישִׁי.
וַתִּזְנַח מִשָּׁלוֹם פְשִׁי:
וַיִּגְדַּל וְכָבֵד נַאַק רִצְחִי.
וּבְקָדְקֳדִי עָלָה צְוָחִי.
וָאֺמַר אָבַד נִצְחִי:
מִצְרַיִם וְכוּשׁ שָׂח אֲשִׁיבְכֶם.
וְאֶשְׁפָּטְכֶם כְּזִמּוֹתְכֶם.
וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּי אֶת בָּמֺתֵיכֶם:
זָכְרָה זֺאת כִּי נִבְאַשׁ נִרְדִּי.
וּלְכַלָּה פָּץ מִכָּבוֹד רְדִי.
זְכָר עָנְיִי וּמְרוּדִי:
זָנַח זְבוּל וְלֵב הִקְשִׁיחַ.
וּבְהִתְעַבְּרוֹ עִם מָשִׁיחַ.
זָכוֹר תִּזְכּוֹר ותָשׁוּחַ:
זַכּוּ זְקֵנַי וּפָעֳלָם אָבִיא.
כִּי בְּכֵן פָּרַץ נְתִיבִי.
זֺאת אָשִׁיב אֶל לִּבִּי:
אֲבוֹתֵינוּ זָעֲקוּ וְכָלוּ מִדִּבָּה.
וְשָׂח עַל רָעָתֵנוּ כִּי רַבָּה.
ונָתַתִּי אֶת עָרֵיכֶם חָרְבָּה:
חֵטְא חָז כִּי בְּעָוֺן נִכְתָּמְנוּ.
תְּמוּר כִּי בְצִחְיוֹן נִזְהָמְנוּ.
חַסְדֵי יהוה כִּי לֹא תָמְנוּ:
חָשַׁב חוֹרְשִׁי לְקַרְקֵר קִיר יְקָרִים.
וּמַר יִבְכָּיוּן מַכָּתִי סוֹקְרִים.
חֲדָשִׁים לַבְּקָרִים:
חָשַׁךְ חָזוֹן מַגִּישֵׁי אִשִּׁי קִיר.
כְּעִוֵּר לְגַשְּׁשִׁי.
חֶלקִי יהוה אָמרָה נַפְשִׁי:
עֲבָדִים חִסְּמוּנִי מִלִּגְדֺּר פֶּרֶץ.
וְתוֹכָחוֹת קָשׁוֹת פָּץ בְּחֶרֶץ.
וַהֲשִׁמֺּתִי אֲנִי אֶת הָאָרֶץ:
טֻמְאָתָהּ טָפְלָה וְנָטָה קָו.
וְלֹא נָסוֹג אָחוֹר מִקֺּוָיו.
טוֹב יהוה לְקֺוָיו:
טָָבְעוּ טִירוֹתַי וּפִי צַר דָּמָם.
וְכֺל עֺבֵר עָלַי שָׁרַק וְשָׁמָם.
טוֹב וְיָחִיל וְדוּמָם:
טוֹבִים טַפִּים נִכּלוּ בְּהוֹסִיפִי לִמְעוֹל.
וּכְמַעֲלָלִי חָרָה בִי לִפְעוֹל.
טוֹב לַגֶּבֶר כִּי יִשָֺּא עֺל:
בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ נָבִיא טֶרֶף נִכְרֶה.
כִּי כְּמוֹ בָּרַחַת וּבַמִּזְרֶה.
נָם וְאֶתְכֶם אֱזָרֶה:
יָדוֹ יָרָה בִי אוּר כִּסְדוֹם.
וְעַל כָּל אֵלֶּה הוֹנָאַתְנִי בַּת אֱדוֹם.
יֵשֵׁב בָּדָד וְיִדֺּם:
יָשְׁבוּ יְגוֹנִים בָּנַי עֲלֵי חוֹפֵהוּ.
כִּי כָבֵד עָלַי אַכְפֵּהוּ.
יִתֵּן בֶּעָפָר פִּיהוּ:
יְדֵי יוֹסְרִי שָׁתוּ בִי מְחִי.
וְקָשַׁבְתִּי מִפִּי צָר שְׁחִי.
יִתֵּן לְמַכֵּהוּ לֶחִי:
עוֹרֵנוּ יוּעַם כְּחֶרֶשׂ בְּקֶרֶץ.
וּגְוִיּוֹתֵינוּ שַׂמְנוּ בָאָרֶץ.
אָז תִּרְצֶה הָאָרֶץ:
כָּל כְּבוֹד תָּאֳרֵנוּ הָכְלָם.
וְצוּר אֺרְחוֹתָיו חֶסֶד כֻּלָּם.
כִּי לֹא יִזְנַח לְעוֹלָם:
כָּלינוּ כִּמְעַט כִּי בִי נִלְחָם.
וְעַל הָרָעָה הוּא נִחָם.
כִּי אִם הוֹגָה וְרִחָם:
כִּלָּה כַעְסּוֹ וְהִצִית לֶהָבוֹ.
וּבְתַכְלִת שִׁשָּׁה מְאוֹרֵי כִּבּוֹ.
כִּי לֹא עִנָּה מִלִּבּוֹ:
נָשִׁים כִּפְרוּעוֹת יוֹשְׁבוֹת שַׁמָּה.
בְּכָל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה מַזְכִּירוֹת אַשְׁמָה.
כָּל יְמֵי הָשַּׁמָּה:
לֹא אַלֵיכֶם לוֹחֲצֵי גִילָיו.
וְעַל בָּנָיו הֶעֱבִיר גַּלָּיו.
לְדַכֶּא תַּחַת רַגְלָיו:
לְאִמֺּתָם עֵת כָּמָהוּ מִשֶּׁבֶר.
יַעַן כִּי גָרוֹן פָּתְחוּ כְּקֶּבֶר.
לְהַטּוֹת מִשְׁפַּט גָּבֶר:
לֹא לִמְחוֹת פָּץ לְעַם קְרוֹבוֹ.
וְאֵיךְ מִתַּעַר הוֹצִיא חַרְבּוֹ.
לְעַוֵּת אָדָם בְּרִיבוֹ:
שָׂרִים לְכוּדִים הוֹצִיא מִשְּׁעָרִים.
תֵּת כַּתְּאֵנִים הַשֺּׁעָרִים.
לְעוֹלֵל אֶת הַנִּשְׁאָרִים:
מִמָּרוֹם מְגִלָּה כָּתַב וָנֶהִי.
קִינִים וָהֶגֶה וָהִי.
מִי זֶה אָמַר וַתֶּהִי:
מָה אֲעִידֵךְ מְאוּמָה מִלְּהֵרָצֵה.
נְתוּנָה בְּיַד מֵרִיב וּמִתְנַצֶּה.
מִפִּי עֶלְיוֹן לֹא תֵצֵה:
מֵחַטֺּאת מַדִּיחֵי שָׁוְא אֲקוֹנֵן.
מְנַחֲמִי כְּמִיַּיִן מִתְרוֹנֵן.
מַה יִּתְאוֹנֵן:
בַּחוּרִים מוֹטָטוּ כּוֹשֵׁל בִּי לְהֶרֶב.
וּשְׁכִינָה הֺעֲלָה מִקֶּרֶב.
וְכָשְׁלוּ אִישׁ בְּאָחִיו כְּמִפְּנֵי חֶרֶב:
נִשְׂקַד נֵטֶל עֺל פּוֹרכֵינוּ.
וַיְתָעֵב שַׁי עוֹרְכֵינוּ.
נַחְפְּשָׂה דְרָכֵינוּ:
נְבִיאַיִךְ נִאֲצוּ לִקְרוֹץ עַפְעַפַּיִם.
וְאִכְזְרוּ עָלֵינוּ אַרֶךְ אַפַּיִם.
נִשָֺּא לְבָבֵנוּ אֶל כַּפָּיִם:
נָעוּ וְנָדוּ רֺאשׁ בְּמַהֲמוֹרֵינוּ.
רְשָׁעִים מַפִּילִים בְּמַכְמוֹרֵינוּ.
נַחְנוּ פָשַׁעְנוּ וּמָרִינוּ:
זְקֵנִים וְנִינָם לַרֺב שְׂגוּיִם.
אֲכָלוּם וְהֵשִׁיתוּם מָשָׁל בַּגּוֹיִם.
כְּנָם וַאֲבַדְתֶּם בַּגּוֹיִם:
סִלָּה שָׂמֵי קְטוֹרָה בְּאַף.
וָאֶפְעַר פִּי וָאֶשְׁאַף.
סַכֺּתָה בָאַף:
סָפְקוּ שׂוֹטְנַי כַּף.
וָאֶשְׁתּוֹנָן וָאֶזְעַק חָמָס.
וָאֶתְאוֹנָן סַכֺּתָ וֶעָנָן:
סוּרוּ טָמֵא שָׂחוּ מַאֲשִׁימֵינוּ.
בְּהִנָּתֵן כַּבַּרְזֶל שָׁמֵינוּ.
סְחִי וּמָאוֹס תְּשִׂימֵנוּ:
שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשׂ שִׂמְחַת מְשׁוֹרְרִים.
וְרוֹדְפַי קַלּוּ מִנּשָׁרִים.
לְאַבֶּד הַנִּשְׁאָרִים:
עַל אֵלֶּה עֲשָׁקוּנוּ בְּחֵרוּפֵיהֶם.
והִגְדִּילוּ שְׁאוֹן גִּדּוּפֵיהֶם.
פָּצוּ עָלֵינוּ פִּיהֶם:
פָּצוּ פָּעֲרוּ פֶה מִבְּעֵר שַׁחַת.
וְאִטְּרוּ עָלַי בְּתוֹכַחַת.
פַּחַד וָפַחַת:
פְּנֵי פְאֵר חֻפַּת מְעוֹנִי.
הִקְמִיל וְהֵקִים מְעַנִּי.
פַּלְגֵי מַיִם תֵּרַד עֵינִי:
נָפְלָה עֲטֶרֶת עֺז מַשְׁעֵנָם.
וְצָר בְּשִׁבְעָה דְרָכִים עִנָּם.
וְהִתְוַדּוּ אֶת עֲוֺנָם:
פֵּרְשָׂה פָּצְתָה אוֹי כִּי סֻגָּרָה.
תְּמוּר עֺז בְּמָתְנֶיהָ שַׂק חָגָרָה.
עֵינִי נִגְּרָה:
עָשָׂה עֶבְרָתוֹ וַיֶּחֶרֶה.
וְעָרַף אֶת מָדוֹן מְגָרֶה.
עַד יַשְׁקִיף וְיִרֶא:
עוֹדֵינּוּ עָף כָּבוֹד וְעָלָה.
וְעֶשֶׂר מַסָּעוֹת נַעֲלָה.
עֵינִי עוֹלֲלָה:
עַל זֶה פָּסַק נוֹי נָעֳמָם.
וְשָׂח לֹא אֶעֶזְבֵם בְּכַף זוְֹעֲמָם.
אַף אֲנִי אֵלֵךְ עִמָּם:
צַדִּיק צָר צְעָדַי לִסְפּוֹר
וּכְעִקַּלְתִּי יֺשֶׁר וָאֶכפּוֹר.
צוֹד צָדוּנִי כַּצִפֺּר:
צָעַק צוּרִי וְסִכֵּךְ מֵעֲבוֹר.
וּבְחַלֲלִי עָרַךְ לִשְׁבֺּר.
צָמְתוּ בַבּוֹר:
צָדוּ צַעֲדִי וְסָע דוֹרְשִׁי.
וְכַעֲלוֹתָם עָלַי כֵּיָּם לְגָרְשִׁי.
צָפוּ מַיִם עַל רֺאשִׁי:
עַל הַר צִיּוֹן צָבְאוּ לְהַכְרִיתִי.
וצוּר שָׂח אֶחְמוֹל עַל שְׁאֵרִיתִי.
וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת בְּרִיתִי:
קָרָאתִי קְשׁוֹב חֶרְפַּט מוֹנַי.
עַל הַלֶּחִי מַכִּים בָּנַי.
קָרָאתִי שִׁמְךָ יהוה:
קוּמִי קִרְאִי כִּי לֹא יַכָּלֵם.
עַל יֶתֶר לְּמַקְנִיאַי יְשַׁלֵּם.
קוֹלִי שָׁמָעְתָּ אַל תַּעְלֵּם:
קַלִּים קְדָחוּנִי וְעִלַּמְתָּ מַרְאֶךָ.
הָשֵׁת בַּגּוֹיִם מוֹרָאֶךָ.
קָרַבְתָּ בְּיוֹם אֶקרָאֶךָּ:
אַתָּה יהוה קֵץ אַל תְּכַזֵּב.
עַד מָתַי כַּחֺרֶשׁ אֵעָזֵב.
וְהָאָרֶץ תֵּעָזֵב:
רְאֵה רֺגֶז מַכּת אֱנוּשִׁי.
וְאוֹמַר בְּהִנָּטְשִׁי בַנֶּשִׁי.
רַבְתָּ אֲדֺנָי רִיבֵי נַפְשִׁי:
רְאֵה רֺב בִּעֲתוּתִי.
הֲשִׁמּוֹתָ כָּל עֲדָתִי.
רָאִיתָה יהוה עַוָּתָתִי:
רוּחַ רָפְתָה בִּי מֵאֵימָתָם.
לְבַלְּעִי הֶעֱלוּ חֲמָתָם.
רָאִיתָה כָּל נִקְמָתָם:
לָמָּה רָחוֹק תַּעֲמוֹד בְּדַבְּרָם עַזּוֹת.
נַמְתָּ הַנְשַׁמָּה אוֹשִׁיב פְּרָזוֹת.
וְאַף גַּם זֺאת:
שָׁמְעוּ שֶׁנּוֹקַשְׁתִּי בִּדְחִיפָתָם.
וּכְיֶלֶק עָלָה עֵיפָתָם.
שָׁמַעְתָּ חֶרְפָּתָם:
שָׁכְבוּ שׁוֹחֲחִים בָּנַי מִיגוֹנָם.
וְשׁוֹבֶיהֶם גָּאָה מְאֺד גּאוֹנָם.
שִׂפְתֵי קָמַי וְהֶגְיוֹנָם:
שִׂישִׂי שׁוֹסִיתִי כִּי בִי יַד מָטָה.
מֻשְׁפֶּלֶת עַד שְׁאוֹל מָטָּה.
שִׁבְתָּם וְקִימָתָם הַבִּיטָה:
הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ שָׁלֵם שִׁלּוּם שָׁנִים.
וְתֺאמַר אֶפְדֵּם מִשְּׁאוֹנִים.
וְזָּכַרְתִּי לָהֶם בְּרִית רִאשׁוֹנִים:
תָּבֺא תָשׁוּר מְעַנַּי לָמוּל.
הֵם שָׂגְבוּ חַיִל וְאִוּוּיָךְ אָמוּל.
תָּשִׁיב לָהֶם גְּמוּל:
תִּקְרָא תְגַלֶּה יוֹם כָּמוּס בְּלֵב.
וּמְחַפְּשֵׂי עוֹלֹת לִפְעוֹל מִלֵב.
תִּתֵּן לָהֶם מְגִנַּת לֵב:
תַּם תֶּכְלִית תָּקְפָּם לְלָכְדֵם.
יִפְּלוּ בְּלִי לְהַעֲמִידֵם.
תִּרְדֺּף בְּאַף וְתַשְׁמִידֵם:
כִּי תָמִיד דּוֹקְרִים וְשׂוֹחֲקִים.
וּמִתּוֹרָתְךָ אָנוּ לֹא רְחוֹקִים.
הֲשִׁבֵנוּ וְהוֹרֵנוּ אֵלֶּה הַחֻקִּים:
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זְכֺר אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה )נ"א עָשׂ) צָר בְּפִנִּים (נ"א בִּפְנִים).
שָׁלַף חַרְבּוֹ וּבָא לִפְנַי וְלִפְנִים.
נַחֲלָתֵנוּ בִּעֵת כְּטִמֵּא לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים.
וְגִדֵּר פָּרֺכֶת בַּעֲלַת שְׁתֵּי פָנִים:
יְתוֹמִים גִּעֵל בְּמָגֵן מְאָדָּם.
וַיְמַדֵּד קָו כְּמַרְאֶה אֲדַמְדָּם.
מֵימֵינוּ דָלַח וְהִשְׁכִּיר חִצָּיו מִדָּם.
כְּיָצָא מִן הַבַּיִת וְחַרְבּוֹ מְלֵאָה דָם:
עַל הֲגוֹתוֹ הַוּוֹת גָּבֶר. וְנָטָה אֶל אֵל יָדוֹ לְמוּלוֹ לְגַבֵּר.
מִצְרַיִם וְכָל לְאֺם אֲשֶׁר בָּם עָבַר (נ"א אִם בָּם גָּבַר).
וַאֲנִי (נ"א אֲנִי) בְּתוֹךְ אִוּוּיוֹ אָרוּץ אֵלָיו בְּצַוָּאר:
אֲבוֹתֵינוּ זָרָה כְּהִכְנִיסוּ בַּחוּרָיו אָכְלָה אֵשׁ.
וְזֶה צֺעָה זוֺנָה (נ"א זוֹנָה צוֹעָה) הִכְנִיס וְלֹא נִכְוָה בָּאֵשׁ.
עֲבָדִים חִתּוּ בְּתוֹכוֹ לַבַּת אֵשׁ.
וְעַל מֶה בְּבֵית אֵשׁ מִמָּרוֹם שָׁלַח אֵשׁ:
בְּנַפְשֵׁנוּ טָבַעְנוּ כְּהוֹצִיא כְּלֵי שָׁרֵת.
וְשָׂמָם בָּאֳנִי שַׁיִט בָּם לְהִשָּׁרֵת (נ"א לְהַשְׁרֵת).
עוֹרֵנוּ נָמַק כְּהִשְׁכִּים מְשָׁרֵת.
וְלֹא מָצָא תִּשְׁעִים וּשְׁלשָׁה כְּלֵי שָׁרֵת:
נָשִׁים כְּשָׁרוּ כִּי בָא עָרִיץ.
בְּקַרְקַע הַבַּיִת נְעָלָיו הֶחֱרִיץ.
שָׂרִים לֻפָּתוּ כְּבוֹא (נ"א בְּבוֹא) פָּרִיץ.
בְּבֵית קֺדֶש הַקֳּדָשִׁים צַחֲנָתוֹ הִשְׁרִיץ:
בַּחוּרִים מִבַּחוּץ צָגוּ מְחֻזָּקִים.
וְתָרוּ כִּי יֻזַּק בְּשִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא מַזִּיקִים.
זְקֵנִים נִבְעָתוּ כְּהִרְשׁוּהוּ מִשְּׁחָקִים (נ"א מֵחֲזָקִים).
עֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹנוֹ וְהוּא אָסוּר בָּזִקִּים:
שָׁבַת סוֹטֵן וַיָּבֺא אַדְמוֹן.
וַיְסַבֵּב חוֺמָה וַיְעַוֵּת הָמוֹן.
נָפְלָה עֶבְרָה עַל נִינֵי פִּצֵּל לַח וְלוּז וְעַרְמוֹן.
עַד כִּי נֻטַּשׁ מִדּוֹק אַרְמוֹן:
עַל פֶּתַח הַר הַבַּיִת הֵחֵל לָבֹא.
בְּיַד אַרְבָּעָה רָאשֵׁי טַפְסְרָיו לְהַחֲרִיבוֹ.
עַל צַד מַעֲרָבִי לְזֵכֶר הִשְׂרִיד בּוֹ.
וְצָג אַחַר כָּתְלֵנוּ וְלֹא רָב רִיבוֹ:
אַתָּה קָצַפְתָּ וְהִרְשֵׁיתָ לְפַנּוֹת.
יְלָדִים אֲשֶׁר אֵין בָּהֶם כָּל מאוּם מִשָּׁם לְהַפְנוֹת.
לָמָּה רָגְשׁוּ גוֹיִם וְלֹא שַׁעְתָּ אֶל הַמִּנְחָה פְּנוֹת.
וְשִׁלְּחוּם לְאֶרֶץ כּוּשׁ (נ"א בְּאֶרֶץ עוּץ) בְּשָׁלֹשׁ סְפִינוֹת:
הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ שִׁוְּעוּ כְּבָאוּ בְּנִבְכֵי יָם.
וְשִׁתְּפוּ עַצְמָם יַחַד לִנְפּוֹל בַּיָּם.
שִׁיר וְתִשְׁבָּחוֹת שׁוֹרְרוּ כְּעַל יָם.
כִּי עָלֶיךָ הוֹרַגְנוּ בִּמְצוּלוֹת יָם:
כִּי תְהוֹמוֹת בָּאוּ עַד נַפְשָׁן.
כָּל זֺאת בָּאַתְנוּ וְלֹא שְׁכַחֲנוּךָ חִלּוּ לְמַמָּשָׁן.
תִּקְוָתָם נָתְנוּ לְמֵשִׁיב מִבָּשָׁן.
וּבַת קוֹל נִשְׁמְעָה עוּרָה לָמָּה תִישָׁן:
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אִם תֺּאכַלְנָה נָשִׁים פִּרְיָם עוֹלְלֵי טִפּוּחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי:
אִם תְּבַשֵּׁלְנָה נָשִׁים רַחֲמָנִיּוֹת יַלְדֵיהֶן )נ"א יְלָדִים) הַמְּדוּדִים טְפָחִים טְפָחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי:
אִם תִּגּוֹזְנָה (נ"א תָּגוֹזְנָה) פְּאַת רֺאשָׁם וְתִקָּשַׁרְנָה לְסוּסִים פּוֹרְחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי:
אִם תִּדְבַּק לְשׁוֹן יוֹנֵק לְחֵךְ בְּצִמְאוֹן צְחִיחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי:
אִם תֵּהֺמְנָה) נ"א תְּהוֹמֶינָה) זוֹ לְעֻמַּת זוֹ בּוֹאִי וּנְבַשֵּׁל אֶת בָּנֵינוּ צוֹרְחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי:
אִם תִּוָּעַדְנָה זוֹ לְזוֹ תְּנִי בְנֵךְ וְהוּא חָבוּי מְנֻתָּח נְתָחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי:
אִם תַּזְמִין) נ"א תַּזְמֵינָה) בְּשַׂר אָבוֹת לַבָּנִים בִּמְעָרוֹת וְשִׁיחִים:
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תְּחֻיַּבְנָה הַבָּנוֹת) נ"א בָּנוֹת)אֶל חֵיק אִמּוֹתָם נִתְפָּחִים:
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תִּטּוֹסְנָה רוּחוֹת עוֹלְלִים בִּרְחוֹבוֹת קִרְיָה תְּפוּחִים:
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תְּיַקֵּרְנָה בְּשִׁכּוּל רֶחֶם וְצִמּוּק שָׁדַיִם וְאֵם עַל בָּנִים שָׁחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תִּכָּשַׁלְנָה שְׁמוֹנֶה מֵאוֹת מָגִנִּים בַּעֲרַב אֲלוּחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תְּלוּהַטְנָה רוּחָם בְּמִינֵי מְלוּחִים וְנוֹדוֹת נְפוּחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תִּמָּעַטְנָה מֵאֶלֶף מֵאָה וּמִמֵּאָה עֲשָׂרָה עַד אֶחָד לְמַפָּחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תָּנוֹסְנָה לְמָסַךְ הֵיכָל שְׁמוֹנִים אֶלֶף כֺּהֲנִים פְּרָחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תִּשָּׂרַפְנָה שָׁם כָּל אוֹתָם (נ"א אוֹתָן) הַנְּפָשׁוֹת כְּקוֹצִים כְּסוּחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תֵּעָרַפְנָה עַל דָּם נָקִי שְׁמוֹנִים אֶלֶף כֺּהֲנִים מְשׁוּחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תִּפַּחְנָה נְפָשׁוֹת מְדֻקָּרִים מֵרֵיחַ תְּנוּבוֹת שִׂיחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תִּצָּבַרְנָה עַל אֶבֶן אַחַת תִּשְׁעָה קַבִּין מוֹחֵי יְלָדִים מֻנָּחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תֻּקַּעְנָה שְׁלֹשׁ מֵאוֹת יוֹנְקִים עַל שׂוֹכָה אַחַת מְתוּחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תֵּרָאֶינָה רַכּוֹת וַעֲנֻגּוֹת כְּבוּלוֹת עַל יַד רַב טַבָּחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תִּשְׁכַּבְנָה בֵּין שְׁפַתַּיִם בְּנוֹת מְלָכִים מְשֻׁבָּחִים.
אַלְלַי לִי.
אִם תִּתְעַלַּפְנָה הַבְּתוּלוֹת וְהַבַּחוּרִים בּצִמְאוֹן צְחִיחִים.
וְרוּחַ הַקֺּדֶשׁ לְמוּלָם מַרְעִים.
הוֹי עַל כָּל שְׁכֵנַי הָרָעִים.
מַה שֶּׁהִקְרָאָם מוֹדִיעִים.
וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ לֹא מוֹדִיעִים.
"אִם תֺּאכַלְנָה נָשִׁים פִּרְיָם" מַשְׁמִיעִים.
"וְאִם יֵהָרֵג בְּמִקְדַּשׁ יְיָ כֺּהֵן וְנָבִיא" לֹא מַשְׁמִיעִים:
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וְאַתָּה אָמַרְתָּ הֵיטֵב אֵיטִיב עִמָּךְ.
וְנִפְלִינוּ אֲנִי וְעַמָּךְ.
וְלָמָּה בְּנֵי בְלִיַּעַל חִלְּלוּ שְׁמָךְ.
וְלֹא שָׁפַכְתָּ עֲלֵיהֶם זַעְמָךְ:
אַתָּה גִּדַּלְתָּ וְרוֹמַמְתָּ בָּנִים לְהָנֵק.
כַּאֲשֶׁר יִשָּׂא הָאוֹמֵן אֶת הַיּוֹנֵק.
וְלָמָּה דּוֹדָנִים דָּצוּ (נ"א צָחוּם) לְזַנֵּק.
וְאַרְיֵה (בְּדֵי) גֺרוֹתָיו לְחַנֵּק:
אַתָּה הֵינַקְתָּ דְּבַשׁ מִסֶּלַע.
וַתּוֹצִיא נוֹזְלִים מִסֶּלַע.
וְלָמָּה שׁוֹפְטֵיהֶם נִשְׁמְטוּ בּידֵי סֶלַע.
וְעוֹלְלֵיהֶם נֻפְּצוּ אֶל הַסָּלַע:
אַתָּה זָנַחְתָּ וַתִּמְאַס כָּל גּוֹי.
וְלָקַחְתָּ לְךָ (נ"א לָקַחַת) גּוֹי מִקֶּרֶב גּוֹי.
וְלָמָּה חָשׁ וְעָלָה עַל אַרְצִי גּוֹי.
וְאָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַכְחִידֵם מִגּוֹי:
אַתָּה טִאטֵּאתָ שִׁשִּׁים וּשְׁמוֹנִים.
לְהָבִיא גּוֹי שֺׁמֵר אֱמוּנִים.
וְלָמָּה יָזְמוּ מוֹאָבִים וְעַמּוֹנִים.
לְעַם זוּ בַּכּוֹכָבִים נִמְנִים (נ"א בַּכְּרוּבִים מוֹנִים):
אַתָּה כִּוַּנְתָּ (נ"א כּוֹנַנְתָּ) לְשֶׁבֶת הוֹדֶךָ.
הַר זֶה קָנְתָה יְמִינְךָ וְיָדֶךָ.
וְלָמָּה לְאָחוֹר הֵשַׁבְתָּ יְמִין הוֹדֶךָ.
וַתְּנַבֵּל כִּסֵּא כְבוֹדֶךָ:
אַתָּה מָרוֹם לְעוֹלָם יְיָ וְרִאשׁוֹן.
כּוֹנַנְתָּ מָרוֹם מֵרִאשׁוֹן.
וְלָמָּה נִאֵץ רָשָׁע בְּפֶה וְלָשׁוֹן.
עַד כִּי נָגַע צָר בְּאִישׁוֹן:
אַתָּה שַׂשְׂתָּ לְטוֹב עָלֵימוֹ.
בְּשִׂיחַ תְּבִיאֵמוֹ וְתִטָּעֵמוֹ.
וְלָמָּה עָרִיץ חֵרֵף וְאָמַר אֵי אֱלֹהֵימוֹ.
אֲשֶׁר יֺאכַל חֵלֶב זְבָחֵימוֹ:
אַתָּה פוֹרַרְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ יָם.
וַתָּסֶךְ בִּדְלָתַיִם יָם.
וְלָמָּה צָלַלְתִּי עַד נִבְכֵי יָם.
וַיִּגְדַּל שִׁבְרִי כַּיָּם:
אַתָּה קָדוֹשׁ יוֹשֵׁב תְּהִלּוֹת קְדוֹשִׁים.
בְּקֶרֶב (נ"א בְּסוֹד) יְשִׁישִׁים הַמְקֻדָּשִׁים.
וְלָמָּה רָגְשׁוּ גּוֹיִם קְדֵשִׁים.
וְהֵשִׁימוּ בֵּית קֺדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים:
אַתָּה שָׁמַעְתָּ (נ"א שְׁמַע אֱלֹהֵינוּ) כִּי הָיִינוּ חֶרְפָּה.
וְסֻכָּתְךָ בָּאֵשׁ נִשְׂרְפָה.
וְלָמָּה תְבַלַּע נַחֲלַת חֻפָּה.
תַּצְמִיחַ תְּרוּפָה וְעָלֵינוּ חוֹפְפָה:
אַתָּה צַדִּיק עַל כָּל הַבָּא.
לְךָ יְיָ הַצְּדָקָה וְנַצְדִּיקְךָ בְחִבָּה.
וְלָמָּה נָהִינוּ וְלָנוּ הַדִּבָּה.
כִּי כָל זֺאת בָּאַתְנוּ בְּחוֹבָה:
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לְךָ יהוה הַצְּדָקָה בְּאוֹתוֹת אֲשֶׁר הִפְלֵאתָ מֵאָז וְעַד עָתָּה,
וְלָנוּ בּשֶׁת הַפָּנִים בִּבְחִינָה אֲשֶׁר נִצְרַפְנוּ וְאוֹתָנוּ תִּעָבְתָּ:
לךָ יהוה הַצּדָקָה בְּגוֹי מִקֶּרֶב גּוֹי לָקַחְתָּ בְּמַסּוֹת,
לךָ יהוה הַצּדָקָה בְּהָלְכוּ אֱלֹהִים לִפְדּוֹת לוֹ לְעָם,
לךָ יהוה הַצַּדָקָה בְּזֵכֶר וְאַתֶּם עֵדַי וַאֲנִי אֱלֹהִים,
לךָ יהוה הַצְּדָקָה בְּטַעַם שֶׁהִטְעַמְתָּנוּ כְּצַפִּיחִת בִּדְבָשׁ,
לךָ יהוה הַצְּדָקָה בְּכִלְכּוּל מָן וּבְאֵר וְעַמּוּד עָנָן,
לךָ יהוה הַצְּדָקָה בַּמִּדְבָּר לֹא חָסַרְנוּ דָּבָר,
לךָ יהוה הַצְּדָקָה בְּסִיחוֹן וְעוֹג וְכֺל מַלְכֵי כְנָעַן,
לְךָ יהוה הַצְּדָקָה בְּפֺעַל אֲשֶׁר פָּעַלְתָּ בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר מוֹשִׁיעִים,
לךָ יהוה הַצְּדָקָה בְּקִימַת שִׁילֹה וְנוֹב וְגִבְעוֹן וּבֵית עוֹלָמִים,
לךָ יהוה הַצְּדָקָה בִּשְׁנֵי חָרְבָּנוֹת שֶׁחָרְבוּ בְּבִצְעֵנוּ וְאָנוּ קַיָּמִים,
לךָ יהוה הַצְּדָקָה בִּתְשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה שֶׁהָיְתָה שִׂנְאָה כְּבוּשָׁה מִלְּהִשָּׁמַע,
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הַטֵּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ לְתִפְלֶצֶת מְנַאֶצֶת מִי לִי בַשָּׁמָיִם
וּשֲׁמָע שַׁאֲגַת צוֹרֲרֶיךָ הָאוֹמְרִים עָרוּ עָרוּ עַד הַיְסוֹד שַׁעַר הַשָּׁמָיִם:
הַטֶּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ לְרִגְשַׁת הַדּוֹבֶרֶת עַל צַדִּיק עָתָק
וּשֲׁמָע קוֹל שָׁאוֹן מֵעִיר בְּחֵמָה שְׁפוּכָה לְשַׁתַּק:
הַטֶּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ לְצִיר שֻׁלָּח וְנָם קוּמוּ וְנָקוּמָה עָלֶיהָ לַמִּלְחָמָה וּשֲׁמָע פַּלָּצוֹת הוֹמִים בָּא הָעֵת אִתּוֹ בְּבֵיתוֹ לְהִלָּחֲמָה:
הַטֶּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ לְעֻצּוּ עֵצָה וְחָשְׁבוּ מְזִמָּה בַּל יוּכָלוּ
וּשֲׁמָע שִׂיחַת נוְֹעַצוּ לֵב יַחְדָּו עָלֶיךָ עֲלוֹת נִסְתַּכָּלוּ:
הַטֶּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ לְנִאֲצוּ וְשִׁלְּחוּ בָאֵשׁ מִקְדַּשׁ הַמּוֹרָא
וּשֲׁמָע מְחָרַפֶיךָ מַדְמִימֵי תוֹדָה וְקוֹל זִמְרָה:
הַטֶּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ לַלֵּצִים לָצוֹן חָמְדוּ לָהֶם
וּשֲׁמָע כָּל חֶרְפָּתָם אֲשֶׁר חֵרְפוּךָ וְהַפֵּל אֵימָתְךָ עֲלֵיהֶם:
הַטֶּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ לְיָהְרַוּ וְהוֹצִיאוּ הַכְּרוּבִים בִּרְחובוֹת מְחַזְּרִים וּשֲׁמָע טַרְחוֹת טִנּוּפָם כְּהֶעֱלוּ עַל מִזְבַּחֲךָ חֲזִירִים:
הַטֶּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ לְחִלְּלוּ וְטִנְּפוּ בֵּית קֺדֶשׁ הַקדוֹשִׁים
וּשֲׁמָע זֵדִים מְזָרְקִים לְמוּלְךָ מִילוֹת קְדוֹשִׁים:
הַטֶּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ לְלוֹעֲזִים מְעִזִּים מֶצַח לְכוּ וְנִלָּחֲמָה אִתּוֹ בְּבֵיתוֹ
וּשֲׁמָע הַוּוֹת הוֹלֲלִים מְהַלֲלִים כִּי אֵין הָאִישׁ בְּבֵיתוֹ:
הַטֶּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ לְדוֹבֶרֶת אֲנִי וְאַפְסִי עוֹד
וּשֲׁמָע גִּדּוּפֶיהָ וְחֵרוּפֶיהָ מִשְׁתַּחֶצֶת עַד כִּסְאֲךָ עוֹד:
הַטֶּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ לְבוֹזָה וּמַלְעֶגֶת מַה תּוֹחִילִי וְאֵינוֹ נִבְנֶה
וּשֲׁמָע בְּכִיַּת מַסְפִּידִים וְקוֹרְעִים וּמְחַכִּים מָתַי יִבָּנֶה:
הַטֶּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ לְאוֹמְרִים עֻזַּב וְשֻׁכַּח וְנֻטַּשׁ וְלָעַד שׁוֹמֵם
וּשֲׁמָע אֶנְקָתֵנוּ וְקַנֵּא קִנְאָתֵנוּ וְהָאֵר פָּנֶיךָ עַל מִקְדָּשְׁךָ הַשָּׁמֵם:
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אַרְזֵי הַלְּבָנוֹן אַדִּירֵי הַתּוֹרָה.
בַּעֲלֵי תְּרֵיסִין בְּמִשְׁנָה וּבִגְמָרָא.
גִּבּוֹרֵי כֹּחַ עֲמָלֶיהָ בְּטָהֳרָה.
דָּמָם נִשְׁפַּךְ וְנָשְׁתָה גְּבוּרָה.
הִנָּם קְדוֹשֵׁי הֲרוּגֵי מַלְכוּת עֲשָׂרָה.
וְעַל אֵלֶּה אֲנִי בּוֹכִיָּה וְעֵינִי נִגְּרָה.
זֹאת בְּזָכְרִי אֶזְעַק בְּמָרָה.
חֶמְדַּת יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּלֵי הַקֹּדֶשׁ נֵזֶר וַעֲטָרָה.
טְהוֹרֵי לֵב קְדוֹשִׁים מֵתוּ בְּמִיתָה חֲמוּרָה.
יַדּוּ גּוֹרָל מִי רִאשׁוֹן לַחֶרֶב בְּרוּרָה.
כִּנְפוֹל גּוֹרָל עַל רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן פָּשַׁט צַוָּארוֹ וּבָכָה כְּנִגְזְרָה גְזֵרָה
לְרַבָּן שִׁמעוֹן חָזַר הַשַּׁר לְהָרְגוֹ בְּנֶפֶשׁ נְצוּרָה:
מִזֶּרַע אַהֲרֺן שָׁאַל בְּבַקָּשָׁה לִבְכּוֹת עַל בֶּן הַגְּבִירָה
נָטַל רֺאשׁו וּנְתָנוֹ עַל אַרְכֻּבּוֹתָיו מְנוֹרָה הַטְּהוֹרָה
שָׂם עֵינָיו עַל עֵינָיו וּפִיו עַל פּיו בְּאַהֲבָה גְמוּרָה
עָנָה וְאָמַר פֶּה הַמִּתְגַבֵּר בַּתּוֹרָה
פִּתאוֹם נִקְנְסָה עָלָיו מִיתָה מְשֻׁנָּה וַחֲמוּרָה:
צִוָּה לְהַפְשִׁיט אֶת רֺאשׁוֹ בְּתַעַר הַשְֺּכִירָה
קִיַּם בְּעוֹרוֹ אָמְרוּ לְנַפְשֵׁךְ שְׁחִי וְנַעֲבֺרָה
רָשָׁע הַפּוֹשֵׁט עֵת הִגִּיעַ לִמְקוֹם תְּפִלִּין מִצְוַת בָּרָה
צָעַק צְעָקָה וְנִזְדַעְזְעָה עוֹלָם וְאֶרֶץ הִתְפּוֹרָרָה:
מֵאַחֲרָיו הֵבִיאוּ אֶת רִבִּי עֲקִיבָה עוֹקֵר הָרִים וְטוֹחֲנָן זוֹ בְּזוֹ בִּסְבָרָה
וְסָרְקוּ אֶת בְּשָׂרוֹ בְּמַסְרֵק בַּרְזֶל לְהִשְׁתַּבְּרָה
יָצְתָה נִשְׁמָתוֹ בְּאֶחָד וּבת קוֹל אָמְרָה
אַשְׁרֶיךָ רִבִּי עֲקִיבָה גּוּפְךָ טָהוֹר בְּכָל מִינֵי טָהֳרָה:
בֶּן בָּבָא רִבִּי יְהוּדָה אַחֲרָיו הֵבִיאוּ בְּשִׁבַרוֹן לֵב וְאַזְהָרָה נֶהֱרַג בֶּן שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה בִּידֵי אֲרוּרָה
יוֹשֵׁב בְּתַעֲנִית הָיָה נָקִי וְחָסִיד בִּמְלַאכְתּוֹ לְמַהֲרָה:
רִבִּי חֲנֶנְיָא בֶּן תְּרַדְיוֹן אַחֲרָיו מַקְהִיל קְהִלּוֹת בְּצִּוֹן שָׁעְרָה
יוֹשֵׁב וְדוֹרֵשׁ וְסֵפֶר תּוֹרָה עִמּוֹ וְהִקִּיפוּהוּ בַּחֲבִילֵי זְמוֹרָה
אֶת הָאוֹר הִצִּיתוּ בָהֶם וּכְרָכֻהוּ בְּסֵפֶר תּוֹרָה
סְפוֹגִין שֶׁל צֶמֶר הִנִּיהוּ עַל לִבּוֹ שֶׁלֹּא יָמוּת מְהֵרָה:
חָסִיד רִבִּי יֶשֶׁבָב הַסּוֹפֵר הֲרָגוּהוּ עַם עֲמוֹרָה
זְרָקוּהוּ וְהִשְׁלִיכוּהוּ לַכְּלָבִים וְלֹא הָקְבַּר בִּקְבוּרָה
יָצְתָה בַּת קוֹל עָלָיו שֶׁלֹּא הִנִּיחַ כְּלוּם מִתּוֹרַת משֶׁה לְשָׁמְרָה:
וְאַחֲרָיו רִבִּי חוּצְפִּית בְּיוֹם עֶבְרָה עוֹף הַפּוֹרֶחַ נִשְׂרַף בַּהֲבֵל פִּיו כְּבַמְדוּרָה:
צַדִּיק רִבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן שַׁמּוּעַ בָּאַחֲרוֹנָה
נֶהֳרַג בְּמַדְקֵרָה יוֹם עֶרֶב שַׁבָּת הָיָה
זְמַן קִדּוּשׁ וְיְקַדֵּשׁ וְיִּקְרָא חֶרֶב שָׁלפוּ עָלָיו וְלֹא הִנִּחוּהוּ בֶּחֶיִּים לְגָמְרָה
יָצְתָה נִשְׁמָתוֹ בְּבָרָא אֱלֹהִים יוֹצֵר וְצָר צוּרָה:
כָּהֵנָּה וַכָהֵנָּה הוֹסִיפוּ בְּנֵי עַוְלָה לְעַנּוֹת בִּגְעָרָה
בִּסְקִילָה שְׂרֵפָה הֶרֶג וְחֶנֶק מִי יוּכַל לְשׁעֲרָה
נוֹתרֶת מִמֶּנָּה יֺאכְלוּ אֲרָיוֹת שֶׂה פזוּרָה
חֲזֵה הַתְּנוּפָה וְשׁוֹק הַתְּרוּמָה טָרְפוּ אַרְיֵה וְהַכְּפִירָה:
יֵיטִיב יהוה וְלֹא יוֹסִיף עוֹד לְיַסְּרָה
אַמֵּץ בִּרְכַּיִם כּוֹשְׁלוֹת חֵלֶק יַעֲקֺב וּמוֹשִׁיעַ בְּעֵת צָרָה:
לְצֶדֶק יִמְלָךְ מֶלֶךְ
יֺאמַר שָׁלְמוּ יְמֵי אֶבְלֵךְ
לְאוֹרוֹ נִסַּע וְנֵלֵךְ:
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הַחֲרִישׁוּ מִמֶּנִּי וַאֲדַבֵּרָה וְיַעַבֺר עָלַי מָה
חָמָס אֶזְעַק וָשֺׁד לְךָ שׁוֹכֵן שָׁמַיְמָה
הֱצִיקַתְנִי רוּחִי וְלֹא אוּכַל אֶדּוֹמָה
כַּיּוֹלֵדָה אֶפְעֶה אֶשְׁאַף וְאֶשּׁוֹמָה
מִסְפֵּד מַר אֶעֱשֶׂה וַאֲקוֹנֵן בִּנְהִימָה
דִּבְרֵי שַׁאֲגוֹתַי יִתְּכוּ כַּיָּמָה
סִפְדִי עַל עֲדָתִי אֲשׁר נִתְּנָה לְשַׁמָּה
אָרִיד בְּשִׂיחִי וְאָהִימָה וְקוֹל נְהִי אָרִימָה:
אֵיךְ שָׁבַת מָשׂוֹשׂ וְעָרְבָה שִֺּמְחָה
כָּל פָּנִים פָּארוּר וְכָל רֺאשׁ קָרְחָה
וְכָל זָקָן גְּרוּעָה וְעַל כָּל לֵב אֲנָחָה
מֵאָז נִתְעוֹרֵר גּוֹי עַז דּוֹרֵשׁ שׁוּחָה
סִלָּה אַבִּירַי הוֹגֵי עֺז מִבְטֶחָה
בְּתוּלוֹתַי וּבַחוּרַי נָסַח בִּנְסִיהָה
בְּרֺאשׁ כָּל חוּצוֹת נִבְלָתָם כְּסוּחָה
עוֹלָלַי וְטַפַּי נֶחְשְׁבוּ כְּצֺאן טִבְחָה
אֵילִילָה עַל זֺאת וְדִמְעָתִי עַל לֶחָה
הֵאָסְפוּ אֵלַי דְּווּיֶי צֺאן נִדָּחָה
לְהַרְבּוֹת הַבְּכִי וּלְהָרִים צְוָחָה
הֵילִילוּ שָׁמַיִם וְזַעֱקִי אֲדָמָה
אָרִיד בְּשִׂיחִי וְאָהִימָה וְקוֹל נְהִי אָרִימָה:
אֶרְאֶלִּים צְאוּ וְצַעֲקוּ מָרָה
סְפוֹד תַּמְרוּר הֵאָגְדוּ בַּחֲבוּרָה
קוֹל כְּחוֹלָה צָרָה כְּמַבְכִּירָה
הִתְאוֹנֲנוּ עַל עֲדַת שֶׂה פְזוּרָה
עָלֵימוֹ כִּי נִגְזְרָה גְזֵרָה
בָּחֳרִי אַף וְזַעַם וְעֶבְרָה
וְנִתְוַעֲדוּ בִּפְרִישׁוּת וּבְטָהֳרָה
לְקַדֵּשׁ שֵׁם הַגָּדוֹל וְהַנּוֹרָה
וְאִישׁ אֶת אָחִיו חִזְּקוּ בְּעֶזַרָה
לְדַבֶּק בְּיִרְאָה טְהוֹרָה
בְּלִי לַעֲבוֹד זָרָה וְלֹא חָסוּ גֶּבֶר וּגְבִירָה
עַל פָּנִים צְפִירַת תִּפְאָרָה
אֲבָל אָזְרוּ גְּבוּרָה יְתֵרָה
לַהֲלוֹם רֺאשׁ וְלִקְרוֹץ שֶׁדְרָה
וְאֵלֵימוֹ דִּבְּרוּ בַּאֲמִירָה
לֹא זָכִינוּ לְגַדֶּלְכֶם לְתּוֹרָה
נַקְרִיבְכֶם כְּעוֹלָה וְהַקְטָרָה
וְנִזְכֶּה עִמָּכֶם לְאוֹרָה
הַצְּפוּנָה מֵעֵין כֺּל וַעֲלוּמָה
אָרִיד בְּשִׂיחִי וְאָהִימָה וְקוֹל נְהִי אָרִימָה:
אָז הִסְכִּימוּ גְּדוֹלִים וּקְטַנִּים
לְקַבֵּל בְּאַהֲבָה דִּין שׁוֹכֵן מְעוֹנִים
וּזְקֵנִים דְּשֵׁנִים וְרַעֲנַנִּים הֵם הָיוּ תְּחִלָּה נִדּוֹנִים
וְיָצְאוּ לִקְרָאתָם עַזֵּי פָנִים וְנֶהֶרְגוּ הֲמוֹנִים הֲמוֹנִים
וְנִתְעָרְבוּ פְּדָרִים עִם פַּרְשְׁדוֹנִים
וְהָאָבוֹת אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ רַחֲמָנִים נֶהֶפְכוּ לְאַכְזָר כַּיְּעֵנִים
וְהֵפִיסוּ עַל אָבוֹת וְעַל בָּנִים
וּמִי שֶׁגּוֹרָל עָלָה לוֹ רִאשׁוֹנִים
הוּא נִשְׁחַט בְּחַלָּפוֹת וְסַכִּינִים
וּבַחוּרִים עֲלֵי תוֹלָע אֱמוּנִים
הֵם לָחֲכוּ עָפָר כְּתַנִּינִים
וְהַכַּלּוֹת לְבוּשׁוֹת שָׁנִים
מְעֻלָּפוֹת בּזְרוֹעוֹת חֲתָנִים
מְנֻתָּחוֹת בְּחֶרֶב וְכִידוֹנִים
זִכְרוּ זֺאת קְהַל עֲדת נְבוֹנִים
וְאַל תֶּחֱשׁוּ מֵהַרְבּוֹת קִינִים
וְהַסְפִּידוּ עַל חֲסִידִים וַהֲגוּנִים
אֲשֶׁר צָלֲלוּ בַּמַּיִם הַזֵּידוֹנִים
לְזֵכֶר זֺאת נַפְשִׁי עֲגוּמָה
אָרִיד בְּשִׂיחִי וְאָהִימָה וְקוֹל נְהִי אָרִימָה:
תּוֹרָה תּוֹרָה חִגְרִי שַׂק וְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁי בֲַּפָרִים
אֵבֶל יָחִיד עֲשִׂי לָךְ מִסְפַּד תַּמְרוּרִים
עַל תּוֹפְשֵׂי מָשׁוֹטַּיִךְ וּפוֹרְשֵׂי מִכְמוֹרִים
מַלָּחַיִךְ וְחוֹבְלַיִךְ בְּמַיִם אַדִּירִים
עוֹרְכֵי מַעֲרָכֵךְ מְיַשְּׁרֵי הֲדוּרִים
מְפַעְנחֵי צְפוּנַיִךְ וּמְגַלֵּי מִסְתּוֹרִים
מִי יְקַצֶּה בִּגְבָעוֹת וּמִי יְסַתּת בֶּהָרִים
מִי יְפָרֵק הֲוַיּוֹת וּמִי יְתָרֵץ שְׁבָרִים
מִי יַפְלִיא נְזִירוֹת וּמִי יַעֲרוֹךְ נְדָרִים
מִי יְשַׂדֵּד מַעֲמַקַּיִךְ וְחַתּוּ אִכָּרִים
וּמִי יִלְחוֹם מִלְחַמְתֶּךְ וְיָשׁוּב לַשְּׁעִָים
כְּלֵי מִלְחָמָה אָבְדוּ וְנָפְלוּ גִבּוֹרִים
אַשְׁרֵיהֶם מַשְׂכִּילִים כָּרָקִיעַ זוֹהֲרִים
בִּמְנוּחוֹת שָׁלוֹם נָחוּ ישָׁרִים
אוֹי וַאֲבוֹי וְשֺׁד וְשַׁבֶר לְנוֹתָרִים
לִמְדִיבַת נֶפֶשׁ וַחֲבָלִים וְצִירִים
לְכִלְיוֹן עֵינַיִם צַלְמָוֶת וְלֹא סְדָרִים
עֶרֶב אוֹמְרִים מִי יִתֵּן צְפָרִים
וּבֺקַר מְצַפִּים מִי יְגַלֶּה אוֹרִים
מִמַּרְאֵה עֵינֵימוֹ אֲשֶׁר חֵמָּה שָׁרִים
מִחוּץ שִׁכְּלָה חֶרֶב וְאֵימָה מֵחֲדָרִים
עַד מָתַי תַּבִּט רוֹאֶה כָּל סְתָרִים
צְפֵה עֶלְבּוֹן תּוֹרָתְךָ אֲשֶׁר שְׂרָפוּהָ זָרִים
קְלָאוּהָ פְרָעוּהָ קְרָעוּהָ לִגְזָרִים
כְּסִירִים סְבוּכִים הִגְדִּילוּ הַמְּדוּרִים
הַעַל אֵלֶּה תִּתְאַפַּק אֲדוֹן כָּל יְצוּרִים
תִּנְקוֹם לְדָם הַנִּשְׁפָּךְ כַּמַּיִם הַנִּגָּרִים
מִשֺּׁד עֲנִיִּים מֵאֶנְקַת סְעוּרִים
עַם שָׁבֵי פֶשַׁע לְעוּנִים וּמְרוּרִים
קוּמָה לְעֶזְרָתִי אַדִּיר בָּאַדִּירִים
פְּעָמֶיךָ לְמַשֻּׁאוֹת הָרִימָה
אָרִיד בְּשִׂיחִי וְאָהִימָה וְקוֹל נְהִי אָרִימָה:
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כג
וְאֶת נָוִי חַטָּאתִי הִשְׁמִימָה
וְדִמְעָתִי עַל לֶחְיִי אַזְרִימָה
וּבְיוֹם זֶה נְהִי וְנִהְיָה אָרִימָה
וְאָהִימָה מִיָּמִים יָמִימָה
אֶבֶל לֵב וְנִחוּם חָדַל חָדוֹל
וּמִכָּל כְּאֵב צִירִי נִבְדַּל בָּדוֹל
עַל בֵּן וּבַת רִבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל כֺּהֵן גָּדוֹל
זִכְרָם יְקוֹד בִּלְבָבִי אָשִׂמָה
וְאָהִימָה מִיִּמִים יָמִימה:
עֵת נִשְׁבּוּ וְנָפְלוּ לִשְׁנֵי אֲדוֹנִים
וְהֵם שְׁכֵנִים זֶה לְעֻמֶּת זֶה חוֹנִים
וַיְסַפְּרוּ זֶה לָזֶה עִנְיָנִים
זֶה אָמַר מִשִּׁבְיַת צִיּוֹנִים שָׁבִיתִי שִׁפְחָה לְכוּשַׁת שָׁנִים
כַּלְּבָנָה בְּזִיו וּקְלַסְתֵּר פָּנִים
וּבְתֺאַר כִּקְצִיעָה וִימִימָה
וְאָהִימָה מִיִּמִים יָמִימה:
רֵעֵהוּ סִפֶּר לוֹ בַּכִפְלַיִם
וַאֲנִי בָא מִשְּׁבִי יְרוּשָׁלַיִם
שָׁבִיתִי עַבֶד יְפֵה עֵינַיִם
כּשֶּׁמֶשׁ בְּתָקְפּוֹ עֵת צָהֳרַיִם
וְסַהַר עֵת זְמַנָּהּ הִשְׁלִימָה
וְאָהִימָה מִיִּמִים יָמִימה:
בֺּא וּנְזַוְּגֵם וְנַחַלְקָה בֵּינוֹתַיִם
בִּוְלָדוֹת כְּמוֹ כוֹכַבֵי שָׁמַיִם
לְשֵׁמַע זֺאת תִּצַּלְנָה אָזְנַיִם
לְזֵכֶר זֺאת אֶת מַדַּי אַפְרִימָה
וְאָהִימָה מִיִּמִים יָמִימה:
כְּהִסְכִּימוּ עַל זֺאת שְׁנֵיהַם יַחַד
לָעֶרֶב זִוְּגוּם בְּחֶדֶר אֶחָד
וְהָאֲדוֹנִים מִבַּחוּץ לִבָּם כְּאֶחָד
וְהֵם בּוֹכִים בְּמַר נֶפֶשׁ וָפַחַד
עַד בֺּקֶר בְּכִיָּתָם לֹא הִדְמִימָה
וְאָהִימָה מִיִּמִים יָמִימה:
זֶה יִסְפּוֹד בְּחִיל לֵבָב יִמְסֶה
נִין אַהֲרֺן אֵיךְ שִּׁפְחָ יְהִי נוֹשֵׂא
וְהִיא גַם הִיא תְּיַלֵל בְּתִגְרַת שׁוֹסֶה
בַּת יוֹכֶבֶד אֵיךְ לְעֶבֶד תִּנָּשֵׂא
אוֹי כִּי זֺאת גָּזַר אוֹמֵר וְעוֹשֶׂה
לְזֺאת יִבְכּוּ עָשׁ כְּסִיל וְכִימָה
וְאָהִימָה מִיִּמִים יָמִימה:
אוֹר בֺקֶר זֶה אֶת זֶה כְּהִכִּירוּ
הוֹי אָח וְהוֹי אָחוֹת הִגְבִּירוּ
וְנִתְחַבְּקוּ יַחַד וְנִתְחַבָּרוּ
עַד יָצְאָה נִשְׁמָתָם בִּנְשִׁימָה
וְאָהִימָה מִיִּמִים יָמִימה:
לְזֺאת יְקוֹנֵן יִרְמְיָה בִּשְׁאִיָּה גְּזֵרָה
זֺאת אֲנִי תָּמִיד בּוֹכִיָּה
וּבִלְבָבִי יֵקַד יְקוֹד וּכְוִיָּה
עַל בֵּן וּבַת מִסְפֵּד רַב אַעֲצִּימָה
וְאָהִימָה מִיָּמִים יָמִימָה
אָרִיד בְּשִׂיחִי וְאָהִימָה וְקוֹל נְהִי אָרִימָה:
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עַל חָרְבָּן בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ כִּי הֺרַס וְכִי הוּדַשׁ
אֶסְפּוֹד בְּכָל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה מִסְפְּד חָדָשׁ
עַל הַקֺּדֶשׁ וְעַל הַמִּקָּדשׁ:
תִּסָּתֵר לְאַלֵּם תַּרְשִׁישִׁים מֵרֺן
כְּזִעְזַעְתָּ עוֹלָם מִפְּנֵי חָרוֹן
כְּלִהֲטָה אֵשׁ בֵּין שְׁנֵי בַדֵּי אָרוֹן:
שְׁנֵי מִקְדָּשִׁים אֲשׁר בְּמַעְלָּה וּבְמַטָּה
זֶה עַל גַּבֵּי זֶה הָאֳפָלוּ בַּעֲלָטָה
וְנַמְתָּ אַחֲרִישׁ אֶתְאַפַּק וְאַבִּיטָה:
רָאשֵׁי הַבַּדּים כְּנִגְנְזוּ מִבֵּית הַפָּרְכֺת
וְאַרְבַּע גֶּחָלִים בַּדְּבִיר מְהַלְּכוֹת
וְאַרְבָּעִים יְסוֹד עַַד תְּהוֹם מְלַחֲכוֹת:
קֺדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים מִבִּתֵּי קֺדֶשׁ כְּנִבְדַּד
סַחְתָּ וְהֵילַלְתָּ אָהֳלִי שֻׁדַּד
וְנַמְתָּ אַכֶּה כַּף אֶל כַּף וְשָׁאַגְתָּ הֵידָד:
צְפִירַת תִּפְאַרְתְּךָ כְּנִתְּנָה בְּיַד צָר
וְכָל כְּלִי חֶמְדָּה אִוּוּי בֵּית הָאוֹצָר
וּלְךָ הַכֺּחַ וְהַגְּבוּרָה וְנָמוּ לֹא עָצָר:
פְּנֵי הַכִּסֵּא אָז אֻפָּלוּ
וְגָבְהֵי שָׁמַיִם לְקַדְרוּת הֻשְׁפָּלוּ
יָכִין וּבֺעַז לְהִשְׁתַּבֵּר כְּנָפָלוּ:
עֶשֶׂר שֻׁלְחָנוֹת אָז שׁוֹלָלוּ
וּלְעוֹרְכֵיהֶם נָמוּ אַיֵּה אֲדוֹן אֵלּוּ
לְאוֹצַר שִׁנְעָר לַקְּדֵשִׁים כְּהֻנְחָלוּ:
שְׂרָפִים עֺמְדִים נָעוּ מִמַּעֲמָד
כְּנַהַרְסוּ מְכוֹנוֹת מִבֵּית מַחֲמֶד
זָריִם קָרְאוּ לִימֵי הַשְּׁמָד:
נְחשֶׁת יָם וַעֲשָׂרָה כִיֺּרוֹת
כְּנִמְסְרוּ לַבֵּל וְהִנָּם שְׁבוּרוֹת
וּשְׁנֵי הַמְּאוֹרוֹת מֵאָז קְדוּרוֹת:
מַעֲשֵׂה אָאוֹפַנִּים אֲשׁר בַּמֶּרְכָּבָה
כְּהוּרְדוּ לָאָרֶץ זֺהַר הָרָקִיע כָּבָה
חוֹלֵשׁ עַל גּוֹיִם לִפְנֵי כְרוּבִים בָּא:
לוֹיוֹת הַמּוֹרָד מֵעֵת הוּרָדוּ
הַטְּלָלִים עוֹד לִבְרָכָה לֹא יָרָדוּ
כְּלָבִים רָעִים עַל בָמֳתֵי עָב דֻּדּוּ:
כָּלכְּלֵי הַכֶּסֶף וּכְלֵי הַזָּהָב
קֻצְּצוּ וְֺסּוּ מִבֵּית הַלַּהַב
בְּצֵאת הֶהָדָר שָׁחֲחוּ עֺזְרֵי רָהַב:
יוֹם אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָא מְהוּמָה וּמְבוּכָה
לַהֲקַת מַלְאָכִים כְּאִשָּׁה מְצֵרָהנָבוֹכָה
דִּבּוּר פָּתַח וְעָנוּ אַחֲרָיו אֵיכָה:
טָס עַמּוֹנִי וּמוֹאָבִי וְהוֹצִיאוּ הַכְּרוּבִים
וּבִכְלִבָה הָיוּ בָם מְסוֹבֲבִים
הִנֵּה כְּכָל הַגּוֹיִם בֵּית יְהוּדָה חֲשׁוּבִים:
חֵיל שַׂרְפֵי מעֲלָה חֻלַּף מִגְּדֻלָּתוֹ
וְאֵל אַדִּיר שְׁמוֹ לֹא אָבָה תְהִלָּתוֹ
לְגַלִּים כְּחוּשַׁת בֵּת תִּפְאַרְתּוֹ:
זַמָּרֵי שַׁחֵק הֶחֱשׁוּ מִנֺּעַם
וְנָם מַה לָּכֶם פֺה אֵין הַיּוֹם טַעַם
מַה תְּקַלְּסוּ לַמֶּלֶךְ בַּשַׁעַת הַזָּעַם:
וְהַכּוֹהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם עַל מִשְׁמְרוֹתָם נִשְׁחָטִים
וְעַל מַחְלְקוֹתָם עָמְדוּ שַׁעֲטַת אִסְטַרְדִּיוֹטִים
וְנָמוּ אַיֵּה מֶלֶךְ אָסוּר בָּרְהָטִים:
הַכֵּלִים וְהַמְשַׁמְּשִׁים בַּשְּׁבִי הוֹלְכִים
הַשָּׁרִים וְהַסְּגָנִים בַּכֶּבֶל מְַשׁוּכִים
וּתְמוּר בַּדִּים שַׂק חָגְרוּ מַלְאָכִים:
דָּץ לָביא וּפָקַח עֵינָיו
וְהִנֵּה מִיכָאֵל מְהַלֵּךְ לְפָנָיו
וְשָׂרִים הוֹלְכִים כַּעֲבָדִים חָזוּ הֲמוֹנָיו:
גֶּאֲוָה עָטָּה וְכִבָּה אֶת הַמְּנוֹרָה
וְנָטָה יָדוֹ אֶל אֵל הַמּוֹרָא
וַיַּחֲשִּׁיךְ אוֹר עֺטֶה אוֹרָה:
בְּשַׁאֲגוֹ כַאֲרִי בַּדְּבִיר בֵּל
בָּרַח דּוֹדִי כְּעַל מֵת מִתְאַבֵּל
פִּקְדוֹן הָרוּחוֹת בּוֹ בַלַּיְלָה לֹא קִבֵּל:
אָמַר לַמַּשְׁחִיתִים חֲמָתִי הִתַּכְתִּי
אֶת יְדִידוּת נַפְשִׁי בְּכַף אוֹיְבֶיהָ נָתַתִּי
עָזַבְתִּי אֶת בֵּיתִי וְנַחֲלָתִי נָטָשְׁתִּי:
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מחבר: רבי קלונימוס בן יהודה ממגנצא על גזירות הקהלות אשפירא ורמייזא ומגנצא בשנת תתנ"ו (ועי' רש"י דה"ב ל"ה כ"ה):
מִי יִתֵּן רֹאשִׁי מַיִם וְעֵינִי מְקוֹר נוֹזְלַי,
וְאֶבְכֶּה כָּל יְמוֹתַי וְלֵילַי,
עַל חַלְלַי טַפַּי וְעוֹלָלַי,
וִישִׁישֵׁי קְהָלַי,
וְאַתֶּם עֲנוּ אֲבוֹי וְאוֹי וְאַלְלַי, וּבְכֵן בָּכֹה בֶכֶה רַב וְהֶרֶב.
עַל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל עַם יְיָ כִּי נָפְלוּ בֶּחָרֶב:
וְדָמוֹעַ תִּדְמַע עֵינִי וְאֵלְכָה לִי שְׂדֵה בוֹכִים,
וַאֲבַכֶּה עִמִּי מָרֵי לֵבָב הַנְּבוֹכִים,
עַל בְּתוּלוֹת הַיָּפוֹת וִילָדִים הָרַכִּים בְּסִפְרֵיהֶם נִכְרָכִים,
וְלַטֶּבַח נִמְשָׁכִים,
אָדְמוּ עֶצֶם מִפְּנִינִים סַפִּירִים וְנוֹפְכִים,
כְּמוֹ טִיט חוּצוֹת נִדָּשִׁים וְנִשְׁלָכִים,
סוּרוּ טָמֵא קָרְאוּ לָמוֹ מִלְּקָרֵב.
עַל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל עַם יְיָ כִּי נָפְלוּ בֶּחָרֶב:
וְתֵרַד עֵינִי דִּמְעָה וְאֵילִילָה וְאָנוּדָה,
וְלִבְכִי וְלַחֲגֹר שַׂק אֶקְרָא לְהַסְפִּידָה,
מִפָּז יְקָרָה וְזָהָב חֲמוּדָה,
פְּנִימָה כְּבוּדָהּ כְּבוֹד כָּל כְּלִי חֶמְדָּה,
רָאוּהָ קְרוּעָה שְׁכוּלָה וְגַלְמוּדָה,
הַתּוֹרָה הַמִּקְרָא הַמִּשְׁנָה וְהָאַגָּדָה,
עֲנוּ וְקוֹנְנוּ זֹאת לְהַגִּידָה,
אֵי תוֹרָה תַּלְמִיד וְהַלוֹמְדָהּ,
הֲלֹא מָקוֹם מֵאֵין יוֹשֵׁב חָרֵב.
עַל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל עַם יְיָ כִּי נָפְלוּ בֶּחָרֶב:
וְעַפְעַפַּי יִזְּלוּ מַיִם דֶּמַע לְהַגִירָה,
וַאֲקוֹנֵן מַר עֲלֵי הֲרוּגֵי אַשְׁפִּירָה,
בַּשֵּׁנִי בִּשְׁמוֹנָה בוֹ בְּיוֹם מַרְגּוֹעַ הוּקְרָה,
מַרְגּוֹעַ לִרְגּוֹעַ נֶחְלְפוּ לְהַבְעִירָה,
נֶהֶרְגוּ בַּחוּרֵי חֶמֶד וִישִׁישֵׁי הַדָּרָה,
נֶאֶסְפוּ יַחַד נַפְשָׁם הִשְׁלִימוּ בְּמוֹרָא,
עַל יִחוּד שֵׁם מְיֻחָד יִחֲדוּ שֵׁם בִּגְבוּרָה,
גִּבּוֹרֵי כֹּחַ עוֹשֵׂי דְּבָרוֹ לְמַהֲרָה,
וְכֹהֲנֵי וַעֲלָמַי נִגְוְעוּ כֻּלְּהֶם עֲשָׂרָה,
וּבְמַר יְגוֹנִי וְעָצְבִי יֶלֶל אַחְבִּירָה,
קְהִלּוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ הֲרִיגָתָם הַיּוֹם בְּזָכְרָה,
קְהַל וָרְמַיְזָא בְּחוּנָה וּבְחוּרָה,
גְּאוֹנֵי אֶרֶץ וּנְקִיֵּי טָהֳרָה,
פַּעֲמַיִם קִדְּשׁוּ שֵׁם הַמְּיֻחָד בְּמוֹרָא,
וּבְעֶשְׂרִים וּשְׁלֹשָׁה בְּחֹדֶשׁ זִיו לְטָהֳרָה,
וּבַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי בִּקְרִיאַת הַלֵּל לְשׁוֹרְרָה,
הִשְׁלִימוּ נַפְשָׁם בְּאַהֲבָה קְשׁוּרָה,
אָהִימָה עֲלֵיהֶם בִּבְכִי יֶלֶל לְחַשְּׁרָה,
כְּלוּלֵי כֶתֶר עַל רֹאשָׁם לַעֲטָרָה,
וְעַל אַדִּירֵי קְהַל מַגֶּנְצָא הַהֲדוּרָה.
מִנְּשָׁרִים קַלּוּ מֵאֲרָיוֹת לְהִתְגַּבְּרָה,
הִשְׁלִימוּ נַפְשָׁם עַל יִחוּד שֵׁם הַנּוֹרָא,
וַעֲלֵיהֶם זַעֲקַת שֶׁבֶר אֶשְׂעָרָה,
עַל שְׁנֵי מִקְדָּשַׁי יְסוֹדָם כְּהַיּוֹם עֻרְעֲרָה,
וְעַל חָרְבוֹת מְעַט מִקְדָּשַׁי וּמִדְרְשֵׁי הַתּוֹרָה,
בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי בַּשְּׁלִישִׁי נוֹסַף לְדַאֲבוֹן וּמְאִירָה,
הַחֹדֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר נֶהְפַּךְ לְיָגוֹן וְצָרָה,
בְּיוֹם מַתַּן דָּת סָבַרְתִּי לְהִתְאַשְּׁרָה,
וּבְיוֹם נְתִינָתָהּ כְּמוֹ כֵּן אָז חָזְרָה,
עָלְתָה לָהּ לַמָּרוֹם לִמְקוֹם מְדוֹרָהּ,
עִם תִּיקָהּ וְנַרְתִּיקָהּ וְהַדוֹרְשָׁהּ וְחוֹקְרָהּ,
לוֹמְדֶיהָ וְשׁוֹנֶיהָ בְּאִישׁוֹן כְּמוֹ בָאוֹרָה,
שִׂימוּ נָא עַל לְבַבְכֶם מִסְפֵּד מַר לְקָשְׁרָה,
כִּי שְׁקוּלָה הֲרִיגָתָם לְהִתְאַבֵּל וּלְהִתְעַפְרָה,
כִּשְׂרֵפַת בֵּית אֱלֹהֵינוּ האולם וְהַבִּירָה,
וְכִי אֵין לְהוֹסִיף מוֹעֵד שֶׁבֶר וְתַבְעֵרָה,
וְאֵין לְהַקְדִּים זוּלָתִי לְאַחֲרָהּ,
תַּחַת כֵּן הַיּוֹם לִוְיָתִי אֲעוֹרְרָה,
וְאֶסְפְּדָה וְאֵילִילָה וְאֶבְכֶּה בְּנֶפֶשׁ מָרָה,
וְאַנְחָתִי כָּבְדָה מִבֹּקֶר עַד עָרֶב.
עַל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל עַם יְיָ כִּי נָפְלוּ בֶּחָרֶב:
וְעַל אֵלֶּה אֲנִי בוֹכִיָּה וְלִבִּי נֹהֵם נְהִימוֹת,
וְאֶקְרָא לַמְקוֹנְנוֹת וְאֶל הַחֲכָמוֹת,
אֱלִי וְאֶלְיָה כֻּלָּם הוֹמוֹת,
הֲיֵשׁ מַכְאוֹב לְמַכְאוֹבִי לְדַמּוֹת,
מִחוּץ תְּשַׁכֶּל חֶרֶב וּמֵחֲדָרִים אֵימוֹת,
חֲלָלַי חַלְלֵי חֶרֶב מֻטָּלִים עֲרֻמִּים וְעֲרֻמּוֹת,
נִבְלָתָם כְּסוּחָה לְחַיַּת אֶרֶץ וּבְהֵמוֹת,
יוֹנֵק עִם אִישׁ שֵׂיבָה עֲלָמִים וַעֲלָמוֹת,
מְתַעְתְּעִים בָּמוֹ מוֹנַי וּמַרְבִּים כְּלִמּוֹת,
אַיֵּה אֱלֹהֵימוֹ אָמְרוּ צוּר חָסָיוּ בוֹ עַד מוֹת,
יָבֹא וְיוֹשִׁיעַ וְיַחֲזִיר נְשָׁמוֹת,
חֲסִין יָהּ מִי כָמוֹךָ נוֹשֵׂא אֲלֻמּוֹת,
תֶּחֱשֶׁה וְתִתְאַפַּק וְלֹא תַּחְגֹּר חֵמוֹת,
בֶּאֱמוֹר אֵלַי מַלְעִיגַי וְאִם אֱלֹהִים הוּא יָרֶב.
עַל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל עַם יְיָ כִּי נָפְלוּ בֶּחָרֶב:
וְעֵינִי עֵינִי יוֹרְדָה מַיִם כִּי נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל מְשׁוֹרֵר,
וְעֻגָבִי לְקֹל בּוֹכִים לַהֲפֹךְ וּלְקָרֵר מִי יָנוּד לִי וּמִי מַחֲזִיק לְהִתְעוֹרֵר,
חֵמָה בִי יָצְאָה וְסַעַר מִתְגּוֹרֵר,
אֲכָלַנִי הֲמָמַנִי הַצַּר הַצּוֹרֵר,
שִׁבַּר עַצְמוֹתַי זוֹרֵר וּמְפֹרֵר,
סִלָּה כָּל אַבִּירַי הַטַּבּוּר וְהַשָׁרֵר, רְטִיָּה
וּמָזוֹן אֵין לְבָרֵר,
מַכָּתִי אֲנוּשָׁה בְּאֵין מַתְעִיל וּמְזוֹרֵר,
עַל כֵּן אָמַרְתִּי שְׁעוּ מֶנִּי אֲמָרֵר,
בִּבְכִי דִמְעָתִי עַל לֶחֱיִי לְצָרֵב.
עַל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל עַם יְיָ כִּי נָפְלוּ בֶּחָרֶב:
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אָז בַּהֲלוֹךְ יִרְמְיָהוּ עַל קִבְרֵי אָבוֹת
וְנָם עֲצָמוֹת חֲבִיבוֹת
מָה אַתֶּם שׁוֹכְבוֹת בְּנֵיכֶם גָּלוּ וּבָתֵּיהֶם חֲרֵבוֹת
וְאַיֵּה זְכוּת אָבוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ תַּלְאוּבוֹת:
גָּעוּ כֻלָּם בְּקִינִים עַל חֶסְרוֹן בָּנִים
דּוֹבַבוּ בְּקוֹל תַּחֲנוּנִים פְּנֵי שׁוֹכֵן מְעוֹנִים
וְאַיֵּה הַבְטָחַת וְזָכַרְתִּי לָהֶם בְּרִית רִאשׁוֹנִים:
הֵם הֵמִירוּ כְבוֹדִי בְּתֺהוּ וְלֹא פָחֲדוּ וְלֹא רָהוּ
וָאַעְלִּים עֵינַי מֵהֶם וְלֹא נָהוּ וְלֹא שָׁהוּ
וְאֵיךְ אֶתְאַפַּק עַל אֲמִירַת לֹא הוּא:
זָעַק אַב הֲמוֹן בַּעֲבוּרָם וְחִנֵּן פְּנֵי אֵל רָם
חִנָּם נֻסֵּיתִי עֶשֶׂר בְּחִינוֹת עֲבוּרָם וְהֵן חָזִיתִי שִׁבְרָם
וְאַיֵּה הַבְטָחַת אַל תִּירָא אַבְרָם:
טָעוּ לְהִזָּרוֹת בַּעבוֹדוֹת זָרוֹת
יָעֲצוּ לַחְצֺב בֺּארוֹת בֺּארֺת נִשְׁבָּרוֹת
וְאֵיךְ אֶתְאַפַּק עַל בִּטּוּל עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְרוֹת:
כֺּה צָוַח יִצְחָק פְּנֵי שׁוֹכֵן שַׁחַק
לַשָּׁוְא בִּי טֶּבַח הוּחַק וְהֵן זַרְעִי נִשְּׁחַק וְנִמְחַק
וְאַיֵּה הַבְטָחַת וְאֶת בְּרִיתִי אָקִים אֶת יִצְחָק:
מָרוּ בְּיִרְמְיָה וְטִמְּאוּ הַר הַמֺּרִיָּה
נִלְאֵיתִי נְשׂוֹא גְעָיָּה עוֹלָה לִי מִנְּשִׁיָּה
וְאֵיךְ אֶתְאַפַּק בַּהֲרִיגַת זְכַרְיָה:
סָח יֻלּד בְּתֶלֶף דְּמָעוֹת כְּתַנִּין זוֹלֵף
עולָלַי שֶׁטִּפַּחְתִּי בְּעֶלֶף אֵיךְ גָּזוּ מֶנִּי בְּחֶלֶף
וְאֵיךְ הָפְרַע מֶנִּי דָּמִים בְּדָמִים כַּמָּה אָלֶף:
פָּץ רוֹעַה נֶאֱמָן כָּפוּשׁ בָּאֵפֶר וּמֻדְמָן
צֺאן אֲשֶׁר בְּחֵיקִי הָאֳמָן וְאֵיךְ גָּזוּ בְּלֹא זְמָן
וְאַיֵּה הַבְטָחַת כִּי לֹא אַלְמָן:
קוֹל בְּכִי לֵאָה מְתוֹפֶפֶת עַל לְבָבֶהָ
רָחֵל אֲחוֹתָהּ מְבַכָּה עַל בָּנֶיהָ זִלְפָּה מַכָּה פָּנֶיהָ
בִּלְהָה מְקוֹנֶנֶת בִּשְׁתֵּי יָדֶיהָ:
שׁוּבוּ תְמִימִים לִמְנוּחַתְכֶם מַלֵּא אֲמַלֵּא כָּל מִשְׁאֲלוֹתֵיכֶם
שֻׁלַּחְתִּי בָּבֶלָה לְמַעַנְכֶם הִנְנִי מְשׁוֹבֵב גָּלוּת בְּניכֶם:
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מחבר: רבי אלעזר הקליר מיוסד ע"פ א"ב.
אָז בִּמְלֹאת סֶפֶק יָפָה כְּתִרְצָה,
הֵן אֶרְאֶלָּם צָעֲקוּ חוּצָה.
בֶּן חִלְקִיָּהוּ מֵאַרְמוֹן כְּיָצָא,
אִשָּׁה יְפַת תֹּאַר מְנֻוֶּלֶת מָצָא:
גּוֹזְרַנִי עָלַיִךְ בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים וְאֶדָם,
אִם שֵׁד לַשֵּׁדִים אַתְּ אוֹ לִבְנֵי אָדָם.
דְּמוּת יָפְיֵךְ כְּבָשָׂר וָדָם,
פַּחְדֵּךְ וְיִרְאָתֵךְ כְּמַלְאָכִים לְבַדָּם:
הֵן לֹא שֵׁד אֲנִי וְלֹא גֹלֶם פָּחַת,
יְדוּעָה הָיִיתִי בְּשׁוּבָה וָנָחַת.
וְהֵן לְשָׁלֹשׁ אֲנִי וּלְשִׁבְעִים וְאֶחָד,
וְלִשְׁנֵים עָשָׂר וְשִׁשִּׁים וְאֶחָד:
זֶה הָאֶחָד אַבְרָהָם הָיָה,
וּבֶן הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה אָבוֹת שְׁלִישִׁיָּה.
חֹק שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר הֵן הֵן שִׁבְטֵי יָהּ,
וְשִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא וְשִׁבְעִים וְאֶחָד סַנְהֶדְרֵי יָהּ:
טַעֲמִי הַקְשִׁיבִי וַעֲשִׂי תְשׁוּבָה,
יַעַן הֱיוֹתֵךְ כֹּל כָּךְ חֲשׁוּבָה.
יָפָה לִיךְ בְּעֶלֶץ וְלִשְׂמוֹחַ בְּטוֹבָה,
וְלֹא תִקָּרֵא עוֹד בַּת הַשּׁוֹבֵבָה:
כִּי אֵיךְ אֶשְׂמַח וְקוֹלִי מַה אָרִים,
הֵן עוֹלָלַי נִתְּנוּ בְּיַד צָרִים.
לָקוּ נְבִיאַי וְהִנָּם מֻגָּרִים,
גָּלוּ מְלָכַי וְשָׂרַי וְכֹהֲנַי בְּקוֹלָרִים:
מְלוֹן מִקְדָּשִׁי בַּעֲוֹנִי נָדָד,
דּוֹדִי מֵאָז בָּרַח וַיֻּדָּד.
נֹעַם אָהֳלִי בְּעַל כָּרְחִי שֻׁדָּד,
רַבָּתִי עָם אֵיכָה יָשְׁבָה בָדָד:
סִיחַ לֵאלֹהֶיךָ נָבִיא יִרְמְיָה,
בְּעַד סוֹעֲרָה מַכַּת עֲנִיָּה.
עַד יַעֲנֶה אֵל וְיֹאמַר דַּיָּהּ,
וְיַצִּיל בָּנַי מֵחֶרֶב וְשִׁבְיָה:
פִּלֵּל תְּחִנָּה לִפְנֵי קוֹנוֹ,
מָלֵא רַחֲמִים רַחֵם כְּאָב עַל בְּנוֹ.
צָעַק אוֹי לָאָב שֶׁהֶגְלָה נִינוֹ,
וְגַם אוֹי לַבֵּן שֶׁבְּשֻׁלְחַן אָב אֵינוֹ:
קוּם לָךְ יִרְמְיָה לָמָּה תֶחֱשֶׁה,
לֵךְ קְרָא לְאָבוֹת וְאַהֲרֹן וּמֹשֶׁה.
רוֹעִים יָבוֹאוּ קִינָה לְהִנָּשֵׂא,
כִּי זְאֵבֵי עֶרֶב טָרְפוּ אֶת הַשֶּׂה:
שׁוֹאֵג הָיָה יִרְמְיָה הַנָּבִיא,
עַל מַכְפֵּלָה נוֹהֵם כְּלָבִיא.
תְּנוּ קוֹל בִּבְכִי אֲבוֹת הַצְּבִי,
תָּעוּ בְנֵיכֶם הֲרֵי הֵן בַּשֶּׁבִי:
ואִם כְּאָדָם עָבְרוּ בְרִית,
אַיֵּה זְכוּת כְּרוּתֵי בְרִית:
מָה אֶעֱשֶׂה לָכֶם בָּנַי ,
גְּזֵרָה הִיא מִלְּפָנַי:
שָׁמֵם מִקְדָּשׁ מִבְּלִי בָאֵי מוֹעֵד.
עַל כִּי יְדִידִים נִתְּנוּ לְהִמָּעֵד.
תְּשִׁיבֵם כְּמֵאָז סוֹמֵךְ וְסוֹעֵד.
תְּרַחֵם צִיּוֹן כִּי בָא מוֹעֵד:
כח
אֵיךְ תְּנַחֲמוּנִי הֶבֶל וְכִנּוֹרִי נֶהְפַּךְ לְאֵבֶל
בְּנַחֲלַת חֶבֶל כָּבֵד עָלַי עֺל סֶבֶל
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
בָּזֶה יוֹם בְּכָל שָׁנָה עִדָּן עָלַי שִׁנָּה
וְהִנְנִי עֲגוּמָה וְעֲגוּנָה יוֹתֵר מֵאֶלֶף שָׁנָה
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
גָּבַר חָרוֹן וְנִגְנַז אָרוֹן
בְּמִשְׁנֶה שִׁבָּרוֹן בִּמְסָרְבֵי מָרוֹן
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
דִּירָתִי חֲרֵבָה וְעֶדְרִי נִשְׁבָּה
וְרַבַּת אָהֳלִיבָה בָּדָד יָשְׁבָה
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
הוֹעַל אַרְיֵה מִסֻּבְּכוֹ עַל אֲרִיאֵל וְהִסְבִּיכוֹ
וְהֶגְלָה מִסֻּכּוֹ מִנְחָתוֹ וְנִסְכּוֹ
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
וְהָרַג הֲמוֹנִים מְשׁוּחֵי שְׁמָנִים
בְּאִוּוּי נִמְנִים פִּרְחֵי כֺּהֲנִים אֲלָפִים שְׁמוֹנִים
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
זִנְּבָם כְּחִוִּי וְהִדְבִּיא בַּעֲזָרַת הַמַּלְבִּיא
אַרְיוֹךְ כְּמוֹ לָבִיא עַל דַּם כֺּהֵן וְנָבִיא
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
חָרַשׁ לְמָשּׁוּאוֹת עִיר מְלֵאָה תְשׁוּאוֹת
וּבָתֵּי סוֹפְרִים וּמִשְׁנָיוֹת יוֹתֵר מֵאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
טָסָה מָדַי לְאַבֵּד חֲמוּדַי
וּמָשְׁלָה בְּמַחֲמַדַּי בְּקָרְעִי מַדָּי
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
יָעֲצָה לְחַנֵּק בְּנֵי גוּר מְזַנֵּק
בְּפֶה אֶחָד לְשַׁנֵּק זָקֵן וְיָשִׁישׁ עוֹלֵל וְיוֹנֵק
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
כָּבְדָה שְׁלִישִׁית עַל קֺדֶשׁ רֵאשִׁית
בְּשֶׁצֶף חֲרִישִׁית בָּתָה לְהָשִׁית
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
לָחֲצָה לְחַלֵּק בְּנֵי חָלָק וְחוֹלֵק
שֶׁאֵין לָכֶם חֵלֶק בְּשֵׁם אֵל דּוֹלֵק
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
מָרְדָה אֱדוֹם עֲדוּשַׁת אָדוֹם
וְאָצָה בְּזָדוֹן לְאַבֵּד כֵּס וַהֲדוֹם
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
נוֹעֲדוּ עִם אַדְמוֹן מוֹאָב וְעַמּוֹן
לְהַשְׁבִּית אָמוֹן וּלְהַחֲרִיב אַרְמוֹן
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
סִלָּה כָל אַבִּירַי וְעֶדְרֵי חֲבֵרַי
וְהֻבְלְגוּ גִּבּוֹרַי לְעֵין כָּל עוֹבְרַי
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
עָיְפָה נַפְשִׁי לְהֺרְגִים לְמִסְפַּר הַהֲרוּגִים
כְּאַיָּל עוֹרְגִים וְעָלֶיךָ נֶהֶרָגִים
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
פֻּלְּצוּ בְּיוֹם קְרָב בְּמִזְרָח וּבְמַעֲרָב
דָּמָם מְעֺרָב קָהָל וְעָם רָב
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
צָרוֹת עַל צָרוֹת זוּ מִזּוּ מְצֵרוֹת
גְּדוֹלוֹת וּבְצוּרוֹת אֲרֻכּוֹת וְלֹא קְצָרוֹת
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
קָשְׁרוּ צִנָּתָם וְחָגְרוּ חֲנִיתָם
וְאָסְפוּ מַחֲנוֹתָם וְהֶאֱרִיכוּ לְמַעֲנִיתָם
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
רַבּוֹת אַנְחוֹתַי וַַעֲצוּמוֹת שִׂיחוֹתַי
רַבּוּ נַהֲמוֹתַי וְאַתָּה יהוה עַד מָתַי
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
שָׁמַעְתָּ חֶרְפָּתָם חֵרְפוּנִי בִּשְׂפָתָם
שׁיבְתָּם וְקִימָתָם אֲנִי מַנְגִּינָתָם
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
תִּקְוַתְכֶם אֵפוֹא מַה לָּכֶם פֺּה
חָרָה אַפּוֹ וְאֵין עוֹד לִרְפּוֹא
וְאֵיךְ אֶנָּחֵם:
תְּשׁוּבוֹתֵיכֶם נִשְׁאֲרוּ מָעַל הוֹנוּנִי עוֹבְדֵי הַבָּעַל
עַד יַשְׁקִיף וְיִרֶא מִמָּעַל מוֹרִיד שְׁאוֹל וַיָּעַל
וְאָז אֶנְּחֵם
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אָמַרְתִּי שְׁעוּ מִנִּי בִּבְכִי אֲמָרֵר
מַר נַפְשִׁי וְרוּחִי אֲקָרֵר
עִם לִוְיָתָן הָעֲתִידִים לְעוֹרֵר:
בִּבְכִי יַעְזֵּר עֲלֵי יְגוֹנֵךְ
בַּת עַמִּי הִתְאַבְּכִי בְגִינֵךְ
אַל תִּתְּנִי פוּגַת לֵךְ אַל תִּדֺּם בַּת עֵינֵךְ:
גְּעִי בִּבְכִיָּה מְעֻטֶּרֶת בַּעֲלִיזוֹת
הָיִיתְ מִקֶּדֶם וְהִנָּךְ לְבִזּוֹת
אֵיכָה נִהְיְתָה הָרָעָה הַזֺּאת:
דֳּמִי אַל תִּתְּנִי פְּלֵטָה הַנִּשְׁאָרָה
הָרִימִי קוֹל וְזַעֲקִי מָרָה
כִּי שֶׁבֶר עַל שֶׁבֶר נִקְרָא:
הֵן לְאֻמִּים עֵת נִקְבָּצוּ
חַי עָלֶיךָ כְּרוֹת בְּרִית כְּחָפָצוּ
עַל עַמְּךָ יַעֲרִימוּ סוֹד וְיִתְיָעֲצוּ:
וְנִכְּלוּ מְזִמּוֹת נְטוֹת אֲשׁוּרַי לִמְעוֹד
אֶחֲרֵי הַהֶבֶל לְהַהְבִּיל וּמִפָּנָיו לִרְעוֹד
אָמְרוּ לְכוּ וְנַכְחִידֵם מִגּוֹי וְלֹא יִזָּכֵר שֵׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹד:
זֺאת הִשְׁמִיעוּ בְּנֵי מְקֺרָאָיו
לוֹ נְיַחֵל אִם יִקְטְלֵנוּ נַעֲרִיץ לְמוֹרָאָיו
הֵכִין יהוה זֶבַח הִקְדִּישׁ קְרֻאָיו:
חֲלָלַי אָז הִרְבּוּ וְהָרְגוּ טוֹבַי
יִסְּרוּנִי קָשׁוֹת צָרַי וְאוֹיְבַי
הַמַּכּוֹת הָאֵלֶּה הֻכֵּיתִי בֵּית מְאַהֲבָי:
טֶנֶף צַחֲנָתָם מֵאַנְתִּי בָּם לְהִשְׁתַּתֵּף
הִשְׁמִידוּ גִבּוֹרַי כֻּלָּם בְּחֶתֶף
כָּל נֶתַח טוֹב יָרֶךְ וְכָתֵף:
יַחַד לָטֶבַח הוּבָלוּ כִּטְלָאִים וּגְדָיִים
בָּנוֹת מְחֻטָּבוֹת מְשֻׁבָּצוֹת עֲדִי עֲדָיִים
גְּמוּלֵי מֵחָלָב עַתִּיקֵי מִשָּׁדָיִם:
כָּבַשׁ הָאָב רַחֲמָיו לִזְבֺּחַ
יְלָדִים הִשְׁלִים כְּכָרִים לִטְבֺּחַ
הֵכִין לְבָנָיו מַטְבֵחַ:
לְאִמּוֹתָם נוֹאֲמִים הִנֶּנוּ נשְׁחָטִים וְנִטְבָּחִים
כְּהִקְדִּישׁוּם לָטֶבַח וְהִתִּיקוּם
לַאֲבָחִים נָשִׁים פִּרְיָם עֺלֲלֵי טִפֻּחִים:
מִי יִשְׁמַע וְלֹא יִדְמַע
הַבֵּן נִשְׁחָט וְהָאָב קוֹרֵא אֶת שְׁמַע
מִי רָאָה כָזֺאת מִי שָׁמָע:
נְוַת בַּיִת הַיָּפָה בְּתוּלַת בַּת יְהוּדָה
צַוָּארָהּ פָּשְׁטָה וּמַאֲכֶלֶת הִשְׁחִיזָה וְחִדְּדָה
עַיִן רָאֲתָה וַתְּעִידָהּ:
סֻגְּפָה הָאֵם וּפָרְחָה רוּחָהּ
וְנַפְשָׁהּ הִשְׁלִימָה לָטֶבַח אֲרוּחָה
כְּאָרְחָה אֵם הַבָּנִים שְׂמֵחָה:
עָלְצוּ הַבָּנוֹת כְּנוּסוֹת וַאֲרוּשׂוֹת
לְאִבְחַת חֶרֶב לְקַדֵּם דָּצוֹת וְשָׂשׂוֹת
דָּמָם עַל צְחִיחַ סֶלַע לְבִלְתִּי הִכָּסוֹת:
פּוֹנֶה הָאָב בִּבְכִי וִלֶֶלָה
עַצְמוֹ עַל חַרְבּוֹ לִדְקוֹרוּ לְהַפִּילָה
וְהוּא מִתְגֺּלֵל בַּדָּם בְּתוֹךְ הַמְסִלָּה:
צִדְּקָה דִינָהּ פּוֹרִיָּה בְּהַקְרִיבָהּ עֲנָפֶיהָ
וּתְמוּר מִזְרָק דָּם קִבְּלָה בִּכְנָפֶיהָ
תִּתְיַפֵּחַ תְּפָרֵשׂ כַּפֶּיהָ:
קוֹרוֹתַי מִי יָנוּד שׁוֹד וָשֶׁבֶר יִשְׂתָּרֵג
מַחֲמַד עֵינַי כְּנִמְסַר לְחֵרֶַם וּלְהָרָג
אִם כְּהֶרֶג הֲרֻגָיו הֺרָג:
רַעְיוֹנַי נִבְהֲלוּ וַאֲחָזַתְנִי פַּלָּצוּת וָשֶׁבֶר
בְּאַחַת נִמְצָא הַכָּתוּב בּוֹ תִּקְוָה וָסֶבֶר
כִּי זֶה לְבַדּוֹ יָבֺא לְיָרָבְעָם אֶלקָבר:
שָׁלֵם נִמְצָא בְּכָל פָּעֳלוֹ
נַפְשׁוֹ לָטֶבַח הִשְׁלִים מִפַּחַד חֵילוֹ
וְגַם קְבוּרָה לֹא הָיְתָה לּוֹ:
תַּתִּי לִבִּי מְצֺא תֺּכֶן עִנְיָנָיו
יָדַעְתִּי אֲנִי צֶדֶק וְישֶׁר דִּינָיו
וְיִהְיֶה טוֹב לְיִרְאֵי הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר יִירְאוּ מִלְּפָנָיו:
קְדֺשָׁיו לֹא יַאֲמִין הִשְׁלִים עֲוֺנוֹתָם לְשַׂעֲרָה
סִמָּן טוֹב לְאָדָם שֶׁלֹּא נִסְפַּד וְנִקְבַּר כַּשּׁוּרָה
בְּיוֹם רָעָה לֹא יִירָא:
לְֹזֺאת יֶחֱרַד לִבִּי יִתַּר בְּחַלְחָלָה
גִּבּוֹרַי נִרְעֲצוּ וְנִכְנְעוּ לְהַשְׁפִּילָה
כִּנפוֹל לִפְנֵי בְנֵי עַוְלָה
וְעַד מָתַי תִּהְיֶה כְּגִבּוֹר לֹא יוּכַל לְהוֹשִׁיעַ
נִקְמַת דַּם עֲבָדֶיךָ לְעֵינֵינוּ תּוֹדִיעַ
אֵל נְקָמוֹת יהוה אֵל נְקָמוֹת הוֹפִיעַ:
נְקוֹם נִקְמָתִי מֵאֵת מְעַנַּי
עֵת נְקָמָה הִיא לָדוּן דִּינַי
אֵל קַנּוֹא וְנֺקֵם יהוה:
יהוה כַּגִּבּוֹר צֵא יְדֵי חוֹבְךָ פְּרַע
שׁובֵר כְּתוֹב שְׁטַר חוֹב תִּקְרַע
שְׁבֺר זְרוֹעַ רָשָׁע וָרָע:
מִמָּרוֹם כְּהִסִּיק אֵשׁ בְּמַעֲזִיבָה
וְתִקְרָה חוֹמַת אֵשׁ סָבִיב שּׁוֹמִירָה
וּבֵית דִּירָה שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּם הַמַּבְעִר אֶת הַבְּעֵרָה:
וּכְעַל גְּמוּלוֹת נָא שֵׁלֵּם
אוֹיְבַי תַּפִּיל מְהֵרָה וּתְכַלֵּם
כִּי אֵל גְּמֻלוֹת יהוה שַׁלֵּם יְשַׁלֵּם:
שׂוֹנְאֶיךָ תַּצְמִית סַף רַעַל תַּשְׁקֵם
הַמֵּת תַּחַת יָדוֹ נָקֺם יִנָּקֵם
אִם בְּכָזֵה לֹא תִתְנַקֵּם:
הַעַל כֵּן נִקְרֵאתָ אִשׁ מִלְחָמָה
צָרֶיךָ לְכַלּוֹת וּבָהֶם לְהִנָּקֵמָה
נֺקֵם יהוה וּבַעַל חֵמָה:
קַנֵּא לְשִׁמְךָ עֲבוּרְךָ הָאֵל
וּלְדַם עֲבָדֶיךָ הַשָּׁפוּךְ וּלְחָרְבוֹת אֲרִיאֵל
נְקֺם נִקְמַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל:
טִפֵּי דָמַי אַחַת לְאַחַת מְנוּיוֹת
וְיֵז נִצְחָם עַל בְּגָדֶיךָ בְּפֻדְפּוּרְךָ הֱיוֹת
יָדִין בַּגּוֹיִם מָלֵא גְוִיּוֹת:
נִלְאֵיתִי נְשׂוֹא אֵת כָּל הַתְּלָאָה
תָּחִישׁ גְּאֻלָּתִי וּמַהֵר הַמַּרְאָה
כִּי יוֹם נָקָם בְּלִבִּי וּשְׁנַת גְּאוּלַי בָּאָה:
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מְעוֹני שָׁמַיִם שְׁחָקִים יִזְבְּלוּךָ
מְלֵאִים מֵהוֹדְךָ
וְהֵם לֹא יְכַלְכְּלוּךָ
אַף כִּי הַבָּיִת:
מַטּוֹב וּמַה נָּעִים
שִׁבְתְּךָ עִם רֵעִים
בְּכַנְפֵי צַעֲצֻעִים
יַעַן הָיָה עִם לְבָבְךָ לִבְנוֹת הַבָּיִת:
נָאוֹר אַהֲבָתְךָ
הֶרְעֵיתָ לְעַמְּךָ
כִּי הֵם נַחֲלָתְךָ
וְלֵידַע כִּי שִׁמְךָ נִקְרָא עַל הַבָּיִת:
נָכְרִים שָׁם בָּאוּ
וְעַמִּים יִקְרָאוּ
וְאוֹתוֹתָיו רָאוּ
לְמַעַן יִירָאוּ וּכְבוֹד יהוה עַל הַבָּיִת:
חֲטָאַי כִּי עָצְמוּ
אֲכָלַתְנִי קִנְאָה וְעָרָה
צָר הַיְסוֹד שָׂמַנִי שׁוֹאָה
וְנָתַץ אֶת הַבָּיִת:
חֲמוּדֵי אוֹצָר הֵן
הֱבִיאוּם בְּהֵיכְלֵיהֶן
מִלְּאוּ כְרֵסֵיהֶן
וְצִוָּה הַכֺּהֵן וּפִנּוּ אֶת הַבָּיִת:
מַדּוּעַ נִתָּכָה
הֵמָה לֹא שָׁכָכָה
עַל מֶה עָשָׂה צורֵנוּ כָּכָה
לָאָרֶץ הַזֺּאת וְלַבָּיִת:
מְקוֹם כֺהֲנֵי נִגְּשׁוּ
וְשָׁם יִתְקַדָּשׁוּ
וְהֵם כָּעֵת רָפְסוּ הֲמוֹן גּוֹיִם רָגְשׁוּ
נָסַבּוּ עַל הַבָּיִת:
בַּת קוֹל הִיא עוֹנאָה
מַה תִּתְמְהוּ
פֶּגַע סֵמֶל הַקִּנְאָה הֲבֵאתֶם
וּכְנֶגַע נִרְאָה לִי בַּבָּיִת:
רְבִיצַת עוֹלָם מְלֹא
שׁוֹכֵן בְּהֵיכָלוֹ
הֲתַעֲשׂוּ צָרָה לוֹ
עִוֵּר וּפִסֵּחַ לֹא יָבוֹא אֶל הַבָּיִת:
יַעַן הִשְׁחַתֶּם מְצָאוּנְכֶם רָעוֹת
חֻלַּל הַמִּקְדָּשׁ וְהִנֵּה מִגְרָעוֹת
נָתַן לַבָּיִת:
קָדוֹשׁ יִתְעֶשֵּׁת
אֱמֶת לָנוּ בשֶׁת
יִשְׁלַח תַּחְּבֺּשֶׁת
וְחטָּאת אַל יָשֶׁת
וְחִטֵּא אֶת הַבָּיִת:
בְּמָקוֹר הַנִּפְתָּח
וּמַעֲלֶה עַל שָׂפָה
מְבַכֵּר לָחֳדָשָׁיו
וְעָלֶה לִתְרוּפָה
מִתַּחַת מִפְתַּן הַבָּיִת:
חֲמוֹל עִיר הַחֲרֵבָה
תְּמוּר מוֹקֵד שְׁבִיבָהּ
חוֹמַת אֵשׁ סוֹבֲבָהּ
לְכָבוֹד תִּהְיֶה בָּהּ
אֶל דְּבִיר הַבָּיִת:
זְרֵה וְהַעבֵר טֻמְאָה מִבֵּיתְךָ מַלְכִּי
אֱלִיל כָּלִיל תַּחֲלוֹף וְתִקְרָא אָנֺכִי
פִּנִּיתִי הַבָּיִת:
קַדֵּשׁ בֵּית מְעוֹנַי
וְתָשׁוּב לִמְלוֹנַי
וְנִקְבְּצוּ לִגְיוֹנַי
וְהִנֵּי כְבוֹד יהוה בָּא אֶל הַבָּיִת:
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מיוסד ע"פ א"ב בראשי החרוזות:
אֵשׁ תּוּקַד בְּקִרְבִּי, בְּהַעֲלוֹתִי עַל לְבָבִי - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם:
קִינִים אָעִירָה, לְמַעַן אַזְכִּירָה - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם
אָז יָשִׁיר משֶׁה, שִׁיר לֹא יִנָּשֶׁה - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
וַיְקוֹנֵן יִרְמְיָה, וְנָהָה נְהִי נִהְיָה - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
בֵּיתִי הִתְכּוֹנַן, וְשָׁכַן הֶעָנָן - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
וַחֲמַת אֵל שָׁכְנָה, עָלַי כַּעֲנָנָה - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
גַּלֵּי יָם הָמוּ, וְכַחוֹמָה קָמוּ - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
זְדוֹנִים שָׁטָפוּ, וְעַל רֹאשִׁי צָפוּ - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
דָּגָן מִשָּׁמַיִם, וְצוּר יָזוּב מַיִם - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
לַעֲנָה וְתַמְרוּרִים, וּמַיִם הַמָּרִים - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
הַשְׁכֵּם וְהַעֲרֵב, סְבִיבוֹת הַר חוֹרֵב - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
קָרוּא אֱלֵי אֵבֶל, עַל נַהֲרוֹת בָּבֶל - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
וּמַרְאֶה כְּבוֹד יְיָ, כְּאֵשׁ אוֹכֶלֶת לְפָנַי - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
וְחֶרֶב לְטוּשָׁה, לַטֶּבַח נְטוּשָׁה - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
זֶבַח וּמִנְחָה, וְשֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
סְגֻלַּת אֵל לְקוּחָה, כַּצּאֹן לַטִּבְחָה - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
חַגִּים וְשַׁבָּתוֹת, וּמוֹפְתִים וְאוֹתוֹת - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
תַּעֲנִית וָאֵבֶל, וּרְדֹף הַהֶבֶל - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
טוֹבוּ אֹהָלִים, לְאַרְבַּע הַדְּגָלִים - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
אָהֳלֵי יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים, וּמַחֲנוֹת עֲרֵלִים - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
יוֹבֵל וּשְׁמִטָּה, וְאֶרֶץ שׁוֹקֵטָה - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
מָכוּר לִצְמִיתוּת, וְכָתוּב לִכְרִיתוּת - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
כַּפֹּרֶת וְאָרוֹן, וְאַבְנֵי זִכָּרוֹן - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
וְאַבְנֵי הַקֶּלַע, וּכְלֵי הַבֶּלַע - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
לְוִיִּים וְאַהֲרֹנִים, וְשִׁבְעִים זְקֵנִים - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
נוֹגְשִׂים וּמוֹנִים, מוֹכְרִים וְקוֹנִים - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
מֹשֶׁה יִרְעֵנִי, וְאַהֲרֹן יַנְחֵנִי - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
וּנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר הָרַע, וְטִיטוּס הָרָשָׁע - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
נַעֲרֹךְ מִלְחָמָה, וַייָ שָׁמָּה - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
רָחַק מִמֶּנּוּ, וְהִנֵּה אֵינֶנּוּ - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
סִתְרֵי פָרֹכֶת, וְסִדְרֵי מַעֲרָכֶת - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
חֵמָה נִתֶּכֶת, עָלַי סוֹבֶכֶת - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
עוֹלוֹת וּזְבָחִים, וְאִשֵּׁי נִיחוֹחִים - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
בַּחֶרֶב מְדֻקָּרִים, בְּנֵי צִיּוֹן הַיְקָרִים - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
פַּאֲרֵי מִגְבָּעוֹת, לְכָבוֹד נִקְבָּעוֹת - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
שְׁרִיקוֹת וּתְרוּעוֹת, לְקָלוֹן וּזְוָעוֹת - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
צִיצַת הַזָּהָב, וְהַמְשַׁל וָרַהַב - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
אָפֵס הָעֵזֶר, וְהֻשְׁלַךְ הַנֵּזֶר - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
קְדֻשָּׁה וּנְבוּאָה, וּשְׁכִינָה נוֹרָאָה - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
נִגְאָלָה וּמוֹרְאָה, וְדָוָה וּטְמֵאָה - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם
רִנָּה וִישׁוּעָה, וַחֲצוֹצְרוֹת תְּרוּעָה - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
זַעֲקַת עוֹלָל, עִם נַאֲקַת חָלָל - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
שֻׁלְחָן וּמְנוֹרָה, וְכָלִיל וּקְטוֹרָה - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
וֶאֱלִיל וְתוֹעֵבָה, וּפֶסֶל מַצֵּבָה - בְּצֵאתִי מִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
תּוֹרָה וּתְעוּדָה, וּכְלֵי הַחֶמְדָה - בְּצֵאתִי מִמִּצְרָיִם.
שָׂשׂוֹן וְשִׂמְחָה, וְנָס יָגוֹן וַאֲנָחָה, בְּשׁוּבִי לִירוּשָׁלָיִם:
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אֶצְבְּעוֹתַי שָׁפְלוּ וְאָשְׁיוֹתַי נָפְלוּ אוֹיָה:
בְּנֵי צִיּוֹן גָּלוּ וְכָל אוֹיְבֵי שָׁלוּ אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
בַּיִת וַעֲזָרוֹת בְּיוֹם אַף נִגָּרוֹת אוֹיָה:
פְּנֵי שָׂרִים וְשָׂרוֹת כְּמוֹ שׁוּלֵי קְדֵרוֹת אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
גֻלַּת הַכֺּתֶרֶת כְּנֶבֶל נִשְׁבֶּרֶת אוֹיָה:
עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת לָאָרֶץ נִגְרֶרֶת אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
דַּרכֵי עִיר אֲבֵלוֹת וַיַּחְדְּלוּ הַקֺּלוֹת אוֹיָה:
אֳרָחוֹת הַסְּלוּלוֹת חֲשֵׁכוֹת וַאֲפֵלוֹת אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
הֵיכָל וּכְתָלָיו מֵעַי הָמוּ עָלָיו אוֹיָה:
וְעַל שֻׁלְחָן וְכֵלָיו וּמְעִיל עַל שּׁוּלָיו אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
וָוֵי הָעַמּוּדִים בְּיַד בְּנֵי עֲבָדִים אוֹיָה:
וְהַקֵּף רוֹבְדִים רַבִּים וְנִכְבָּדִים אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
זְבָחִים וּמְנָחוֹת לְמַשּׁוּאוֹת וּמַדּוּחוֹת אוֹיָה:
הֲדַר מִזְבְּחוֹת בְּיָגוֹן וַאֲנָחוֹת אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
חֵל וְהַסּוֹרָג לְחֶרֶב וּלְהָרָג אוֹיָה:
בִּנְיָן הַנֶּאֱרָג נָדוֹשׁ בְּמוֹרָג אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
טְלָאִים מְבֻקָּרִים מֶנִּי נֶעְדָּרִים אוֹיָה:
וְטַבָּעוֹת סְדוּרִים וְנַנָּסִין הַהֲדוּרִים אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
יֺפִי נִבְרֶכֶת אֵיכָה נֶהְפֶּכֶת אוֹיָה:
וְגֶפֶן וּפָרֺכֶת וּמִנְחַת מֻרְבֶּכֶת אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
כִּיּוֹר עִם כַּנּוֹ הֲתָעִיף בּוֹ וְאֵינוֹ אוֹיָה:
הַנֵּר עִם שַׁמְנוֹ לֻקַּח מִמְּכוֹנוֹ אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
לֶחֶם הַפָּנִים שְׂאוּ עָלָיו קִינִים אוֹיָה:
וְטוּרֵי רִמּוֹנִים לְמִרְמָס נְתוּנִים אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
מְנוֹרָה הַטְּהוֹרָה אוֹרָהּ נֶעְדָּרָה אוֹיָה:
וּמַגְרֵפָה יְקָרָה נְטוּלָה וַחֲסֵרָה אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
נוֹי יַם הַנְּחשֶׁת לְעוֹבְדִים לַבּשֶׁת אוֹיָה:
וּמַעֲשֵׂה הָרֶשֶׁת וְחַלּוֹת מַרְחֶשֶׁת אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
סְלָתוֹת וּנְסָכִים מֶנּוּ נֶחֱשָׂכִים אוֹיָה
וּבֺעַז וְיָכִין לָאָרֶץ נִשְׁלָכִים אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
עַל מַחְתָּה וּמִזְרָק אוֹיֵב שֵׁן חָרָק אוֹיָה:
טֶנִי גַּם כּוּז זָרַק וְאֶת חַרְבּוֹ הִבְרַק אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
פִּשְׁפָּשִׁים וּשְׁעָרִים אַרְצָה נִגְרָרִים אוֹיָה:
הַתֻּמִּים וְהָאוּרִים אֵיכָה נִסְתָּרִים אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
צְפִירַת מַעֲטָפוֹת בְּאֵיבָה נֶהְדָּפוֹת אוֹיָה
לְשָּׁכוֹת הַיָּפוֹת וּבֵית הַחֲלִיפוֹת אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
קִיר מָגֵן וְקירְקֵר הָהָרָה אוֹיָה:
וְזָרְקוּ הַמָּרָה וְשָׂרְפוּ הַבִּירָה אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
רָאשֵׁי מִשְׁמָרוֹת סְבוּכִים בַּצָּרוֹת אוֹיָה:
וְשָׂרֵי הָעֲשָׂרוֹת בַּיַד בַּעֲלֵי חֲטָרוֹת אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
שַׁעַר בַּת רַבִּים לִזְאֵבֵי עֲרָבִים אוֹיָה:
לָקְחוּ הַכְּרוּבִים תֻּפִּים וְאַבּוּבִים אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
תָּאִים הַנָּאִים לַבָּנִים הַשְֺּנוּאִים אוֹיָה:
בַּפָּז מְסֻלָּאִים לְחֻלְדוֹת הַסְּנָאִים אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
בָּנִים הַיְקָרִים בַּחֲרָבוֹת נִדְקָרִים אוֹיָה:
לְוִיִּם הַמְשְׁרַרִים וְכֺהֲנִים מַקְטִירִים אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
רוֹבִים וּפְרָחִים לְחִצִּים וּשְׁלָחִים אוֹיָה:
בְּכוֹרוֹת וּטְפוּחִים בְּיָגוֹן נֶאֱנָחִים אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
וּמַפְתֵּחוֹת זָרָקוּ בְּשׁוּרָם כִּי לָקוּ אוֹיָה:
בֶּעָוֹן נָמַקּוּ וְכַפַּיִם סָפָקוּ אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
כַּפּוֹת וּבְזִיכִים מֶנִּי נִפְסָקִים אוֹיָה:
וּבָנַי נֶאֱנָקִים בְּאֶרֶץ מֶרְחַקִּים אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
חַי חוֹבוֹ גָבָה וְצִיץ טָהוֹר נִשְׁבָּה אוֹיָה:
נֵר מַעֲרָב כָּבָה וְשִׂמְחַת בֵּית הַשּׁוֹאֵבָה אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
זֵדֵים בְּנֵי עֲדִנָה עַל בְּנֵי מִי מָנָה אוֹיָה: פְּאֵר בִּגְדֵי כְהֻנָּה בְּיָדָם נִתָּנָה אוֹי מֶה הָיָה לָנוּ:
קְטֺרֶת נֶעְדֶּרֶת וְאָרוֹן וְכַפֺּרֶת אוֹיָה:
תִּכֵּן בַּזֶּרֶת תְּקַבֵּץ נִפְזֶרֶת ישועה תִּהְיֶה לָּנוּ:
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מחבר:רבי מנחם בן מכיר, מיוסד ע"פ א"ב. ובסוף חתום אנכי מנחם הלועז ברבי מכיר.
אֵבֶל אֲעוֹרֵר, אֲנִינוּת אֲגָרֵר אוֹיָה לִי.
בִּבְכִי אֲמָרֵר, בַּחֲמַת צוֹרֵר דְּרָכַי סוֹרֵר, אַלְלַי לִי.
גָּלוּת אָרַךְ , וְלִבִּי הֵרַךְ אוֹיָה לִי.
דָּרַךְ וּפָרַךְ, נָח שְׁרַךְ וְצֵידוֹ חָרַךְ, אַלְלַי לִי.
הַמְעַט מַבְאִישַׁי , וְחִלְּלוּ מִקְדָּשַּׁי אוֹיָה לִי.
וְהִבְזוּ קָדָשַׁי, הֵחֵלּוּ מִמִּקְדָּשָׁי וְזִחֲלוּ קְדוֹשָׁי, אַלְלַי לִי.
זְמַן שְׁנַת תַּתְּנ"וּ , בְּיָ"א לְמַחְזוֹר רָנּ"וּ אוֹיָה לִי.
חֲיָלוֹת זִיְּנוּ , מְקוֹמָם פִּנּוּ כָּאַרְבֶּה נִמְנוּ, אַלְלַי לִי.
טָעוּת בִּקְשׁוּ , וְעֻלִּי הִקְשׁוּ אוֹיָה לִי.
יִרְאָתָם קִשְׁקְשׁוּ , וְאוֹתוֹת הִקִּישׁוּ וְאוֹתִי עִקֵּשׁוּ, אַלְלַי לִי.
כֹּפֶר מָאֲסוּ, נְפָשׁוֹת חָמְסוּ אוֹיָה לִי.
לְוִיַּי בּוֹסְסוּ, כֹּהֲנַי בּוֹשְׁוּ צְנוּעַי אָנְסוּ, אַלְלַי לִי.
מְתֵי חֶרֶב מְהֻדָּמִים, בְּאֶפֶס דָּמִים אוֹיָה לִי.
נִבְלַת תְּמִימִים, בְּלִי מוּמִים הָיוּ שׁוֹמְמִים, אַלְלַי לִי.
סָחוֹב וְהַשְׁלֵךְ, עָרוֹם וְלַכְלֵךְ אוֹיָה לִי.
עוֹבְדֵי מֹלֶךְ, חֵיל יָרֶב מֶלֶךְ וְרָדוּ בְּפֶלֶךְ, אַלְלַי לִי.
פְּרִיעָה וּפְרִימָה , עַל תּוֹרָה תְּמִימָה אוֹיָה לִי.
צָר בְּיָד רָמָה, הַמְסֻכָּן תְּרוּמָה נָם לְהַחֲרִימָה, אַלְלַי לִי.
קוֹל בָּתֵּי כְּנֵסִיוֹת , וּבָתֵּי תּוּשִׁיּוֹת אוֹיָה לִי.
רַחֲמָנִיּוֹת , בִּידֵיהֶן נְקִיּוֹת זִבְחֵי רְאִיּוֹת, אַלְלַי לִי.
שְׁלָמִים וְעוֹלוֹת, חֲתָנִים וְכַלּוֹת אוֹיָה לִי.
תּוֹדוֹת וּבְלִילוֹת, בַּחוּרִים וּבְתוּלוֹת וְטוֹבֵי קְהִלּוֹת, אַלְלַי לִי.
אַחִים גַּם יַחַד, נִשְׁפַּךְ דָּמָם כְּאֶחָד אוֹיָה לִי.
כֵּן אֲחָיוֹת בְּפַחַד, יִרְאַת שֵׁם הַמְיֻחָד לַטֶּבַח לְהֵאָחַד, אַלְלַי לִי.
מְלֻמְּדֵי סֵפֶר, נֶשֶׁף וָצֶפֶר אוֹיָה לִי.
חֵךְ אִמְרֵי שֶׁפֶר, מָלֵא חָצָץ וָאֵפֶר וְאַיֵּה שׁוֹקֵל וְסוֹפֵר, אַלְלַי לִי.
הֶהָיְתָה זֹאת מֵאָז, עָלָה גּוֹי עָז אוֹיָה לִי.
לְהַשְׁמִיד הוּעָז, וְאָסַף עַם נוֹעָז בְּנֵי נָבָל וְלַעַז, אַלְלַי לִי.
בִּקֵּשׁ עֵקֶר, רַק לַעֲקוֹר וּלְעַקֵּר אוֹיָה לִי.
בְּקַו אַרְמָי מְשַׁקֵּר , יָזַם אֲרָמִּי לְעַקֵּר וְלֹא לְגָרֵם לַבֹּקֶר, אַלְלַי לִי.
מְקַיֵּם הַבְּרִית , לוּלֵי הוֹתִיר שְׁאֵרִית בְּגֵיא נָכְרִית, אוֹיָה לִי.
כְּשָׁר שַׁעֲרוּרִית, יְדִידוּת עִבְרִית רִחֲמָם מֵהַכְרִית , וְיֵשׁ תִּקְוָה וְאַחֲרִית:
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יוֹם אַכְפִּי הִכְבַּדְתִּי וַיִּכְפְּלוּ עֲוֺנַי
בְּשָׁלְחִי יָד בְּדַם נָבִיא וּבָא אֶל מִקְדַּשׁ יהוה
וְלֹא כִסַּתְהוּ אֲדָמָה עַד בֺּא חֶרֶב מוֹנַי
וְלֹא שָׁקַט עֲדֵי הֻקַּם דַּם הַנָּבִיא זְכַרְיָה
וַיֶּרֶב בְּבַת יְהוּדָה תַּאֲנִיָּה וַאֲנִיָּה:
הָיָה הוֹלֵךְ וְסוֹעֵר עַד בֺּא רַב טַבָּחִים
וּבָא אֶל מִקְדַּשׁ יהוה וּמָצָא דָמִים רוֹתְחִים
וַיִּשְׁאַל לְבַעֲבוּר זֶה הַכֺּהֲנִים הַזּוֹבְחִים
וַיַּעֲנוּהוּ כִּי זֶה הוּא דַּם קָרְבָּן הַזְּבָחִים
וַיְנַסֶּה בְּדַם פָּרִים וְדַם אֵילִים וְדַם מֵחִים
וְגַם זָבְחוּ זֶבַח רַב לַחֲקֺד מֶה הָיָה
וַיֶּרֶב בְּבַת יְהוּדָה תַּאֲנִיָּה וַאֲנִיָּה:
וּבְכָל זֺאת לֹא שָׁקַט וְעוֹדוֹ כַּיָּם נִגְרָשׁ
וַיְבֻקַּשׁ הַדָּבָר וְיִּמָּצֵא מְפֺרָשׁ
כִּי הוּא דַּם אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים עַל לֹא חָמָס שֺׁרָשׁ
וַיֺּאמֶר נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן גַּם דָּמוֹ הִנֵּה נִדְרָשׁ
אִסְפוּ לִי הַכֺּהֲנִים וְהוֹצִיאוּם מִבֵּית יָהּ
כִּי לֹא אֶשְׁקוֹט עֲדֵי יִשְׁקוֹט דַּם הַנָּבִיא זְכַרְיָה
וַיֶּרֶב בְּבַת יְהוּדָה תַּאֲנִיָּה וַאֲנִיָּה:
דָּקַר יְשִׁישִׁים לְמֵאוֹת וּבַחוּרִים לְרִבּוֹאוֹת
וַיּוֹרֶד לָטֶבַח כֺּהֲנֵי יהוה צְבָאוֹת
וְאֵין שֶׁקֶט לְדַם נָבִיא וַיְהִי לְמוֹפֵת
וְאוֹת וְהַבָּנִים נִשְׁחָטִים וְעֵינֵי אָבוֹת רוֹאוֹת
וְאִמּוֹתָם לָטֶבַח גַּם אַחֲרֵיהֶם בָּאוֹת
וָאוֹמַר לְנַפְשִׁי זֶה חַטָּאתֵךְ וְזֶה פִּרְיָהּ
וַיֶּרֶב בְּבַת יְהוּדָה תַּאֲנִיָּה וַאֲנִיָּה:
הוֹסִיף לַהֲרוֹג נָשִׁים עִם יוֹנְקֵי שָׁדַיִם
וְדָם עוֹלַה בֵּינֵיהֶם כְּדַם יְאוֹר מִצְרַיִם
עַד אֲשֶׁר נֲָשָׂא נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן לִבּוֹ לַשָּׁמַיִם
וַיֺּמֶר הַאֵין דַּי בִּבְנוֹת יְרוּשָׁלַיִם
הֲכָלָה אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה אֶת שְׁאֵרִית הַשִּׁבְיָה
וַיֶּרֶב בְּבַת יְהוּדָה תַּאֲנִיָּה וַאֲנִיָּה:
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לה
שׁכֻרַת לֹא מִיַּיִן הַשְׁלִיכִי תֻפַּיִךְ
קָרְחִי נָא וָגֺזִּי וְְהַשְׁחִיתִי אַפַּיִךְ
שְׂאִי עַל שְׁפָיִם קִינָה וְסֺבִּי כָּל אֲגַפַּיִךְ
וְזַעֲקִי לִפְנֵי יהוה עַל חָרְבַּן סִפַּיִךְ
עַל חֺרֶב סִפַּיִךְ שְׂאִי אֵלָיו כַּפָּיִךְ:
אֵיכָה בָּצַר וְאוֹיֵב בְּצִיּוֹן עִיר מַמְלֶכֶת
אֵיכָה רֶגֶל זֵדֵים אַדְמַת צְבִי דּוֹרֶכֶת
בְּבוֹאָם מָצְאוּ כֺהֲנִים שׁוֹמְרֵי הַמַּעֲרֶכֶת
וְעַל מִשְׁמְרוֹתָם עָמְדוּ וְלֹא אַזְבוּ הַמְּלֶכֶת
עַד אֲשֶׁר שֻׁפַּךְ דָּמָם כְּמֵימֵי הַמַּהְפֶּכֶת
וּבָא כָּל עָרֵל וְטָמֵא מִבֵּית לַפָּרֺכֶת
מְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר כֺּהֵן גָּדוֹל יָרֵא שָׁם לָלֶכֶת
וְהֶחֱרִיבוּ סְעִפַּיִךְ וְחַלּוֹנֵי שְׁקוּפַיִךְ
וְזַּעֲקִי לִפְנֵי יהוה עַל חָרְבַּן סִפַּיִךְ
עַל חֺרֶב סִפַּיִךְ אֵלָיו כַּפָּיִךְ:
קוֹל יִלֲלֶת בַּת צִיּוֹן מֵרָחוֹק נִשְׁמַעַת
תִּזְעַק זַעֲקַת חֶשְׁבּוֹן תִּבְכֶּה בְּכִי מֵיפָעַת
אֲהָהּ כִּי כוֹס שָׁתִיתִי וּמָצִיתִי קֻבַּעַת
אֲכָלוּנִי שְׁנֵי אֲרָיוֹת חַדּוּדֵי מַלְתַּעַת
בַּת בָּבֶל הַשְּׁדוּדָה וּבַת אֲדוֹם הַמִּרְשַׁעַת
מַה תִּתְאוֹנֲנִי צִיּוֹן וְחַטָּאתֵךְ נוֹדַעַת
עַל רֺב עֲוֺנֵךְ גָּלָה עַמֵּךְ מִבְּלִי דַעַת
עַל עָזְבֵךְ צוֹפַיִךְ לִשְׁאוֹל בִּתְרָפַיִךְ
וְזַּעֲקִי לִפְנֵי יהוה עַל חָרְבַּן סִפַּיִךְ
עַל חֺרֶב סִפַּיִךְ אֵלָיו כַּפָּיִךְ:
אַל תִּשְׂמְחִי אוֹיַבְתִּי עַל כִּי נִשְׁבַּר קַרְנִי
כִִּי נָפַלְתִּי קַמְתִּי וַיהוה עֲזָרַנִי
הִנֵּה יַאַסְפֵנִי שַׁדַּי אֲשֶׁר פִּזְּרַנִי
וְיִגְאָלֵנִי מִמֵּךְ צוּרִי אֲשֶׁר מְכָרַנִי
וִינַחֵם וִינַחֵם יְנַחֲמֵנִי אֱלֹהַי אֲשֶׁר עֲכָרָנִי:
KInah 36
שם המחבר רבינו יהודה הלוי:
לו
צִיּוֹן, הֲלֹא תִשְׁאֲלִי לִשְׁלוֹם אֲסִירַיִךְ, דּוֹרְשֵׁי שְׁלוֹמֵךְ וְהֵם יֶתֶר עֲדָרָיִךְ:
מִיָּם וּמִזְרָח וּמִצָּפוֹן וְתֵימָן שְׁלוֹם רָחוֹק וְקָרוֹב שְׂאִי מִכֹּל עֲבָרָיִךְ:
וּשְׁלוֹם אֲסִיר תַּאֲוָה, נוֹתֵן דְּמָעָיו כְּטַל חֶרְמוֹן וְנִכְסַף לְרִדְתָּם עַל הֲרָרָיִךְ:
לִבְכּוֹת עֱנוּתֵךְ אֲנִי תַנִּים, וְעֵת אֶחֱלֹם שִׁיבַת שְׁבוּתֵך אֲנִי כִנּוֹר לְשִׁירָיִךְ:
לִבִּי לְבֵית אֵל וְלִפְנִיאֵל מְאֹד יֶהֱמֶה וּלְמַחֲנַיִם וְכֹל פִּגְעֵי טְהוֹרָיִךְ,
שָׁם הַשְּׁכִינָה שְׁכֵנָה לָךְ, וְהַיּוֹצְרֵךְ פָּתַח לְמוּל שַׁעֲרֵי שַׁחַק שְׁעָרָיִךְ:
וּכְבוֹד אֲדֹנָי לְבַד הָיָה מְאוֹרֵךְ, וְאֵין שֶׁמֶשׁ וְסַהַר וְכוֹכָבִים מְאִירָיִךְ:
אֶבְחַר לְנַפְשִׁי לְהִשְׁתַּפֵּךְ בְּמָקוֹם אֲשֶר רוּחַ אֱלֹהִים שְׁפוּכָה עַל בְּחִירָיִךְ:
אַתְּ בֵּית מְלוּכָה וְאַתְּ כִּסֵּא אֲדֹנָי, וְאֵיךְ יָשְׁבוּ עֲבָדִים עֲלֵי כִסְאוֹת גְּבִירָיִךְ?
מִי יִתְּנֵנִי מְשׁוֹטֵט בַּמְּקוֹמוֹת אֲשֶׁר נִגְלוּ אֱלֹהִים לְחוֹזַיִךְ וְצִירָיִךְ!
מִי יַעֲשֶׂה לִי כְנָפַיִם וְאַרְחִיק נְדוֹד, אָנִיד לְבִתְרֵי לְבָבִי בֵּין בְּתָרָיִךְ!
אֶפֹּל לְאַפַּי עֲלֵי אַרְצֵךְ וְאֶרְצֶה אֲבָנַיִךְ מְאֹד וַאֲחֹנֵן אֶת-עֲפָרָיִךְ:
אַף כִּי בְעָמְדִי עֲלֵי קִבְרוֹת אֲבֹתַי וְאֶשְׁתּוֹמֵם בְּחֶבְרוֹן עֲלֵי מִבְחַר קְבָרָיִךְ!
אֶעְבֹר בְּיַעְרֵךְ וְכַרְמִלֵּךְ וְאֶעְמֹד בְּגִלְעָדֵךְ וְאֶשְׁתּוֹמֲמָה אֶל הַר עֲבָרָיִךְ:
הַר הָעֲבָרִים וְהֹר הָהָר, אֲשֶׁר שָׁם שְׁנֵי אוֹרִים גְּדוֹלִים מְאִירַיִךְ וּמוֹרָיִךְ:
חַיֵּי נְשָׁמוֹת – אֲוִיר אַרְצֵךְ, וּמִמָּר דְרוֹר אַבְקַת עֲפָרֵךְ, וְנֹפֶת צוּף – נְהָרָיִךְ!
יִנְעַם לְנַפְשִׁי הֲלֹךְ עָרֹם וְיָחֵף עֲלֵי חָרְבוֹת שְׁמָמָה אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ דְבִירָיִךְ:
בִּמְקוֹם אֲרוֹנֵךְ אֲשֶׁר נִגְנַז, וּבִמְקוֹם כְּרוּבַיִךְ אֲשֶׁר שָׁכְנוּ חַדְרֵי חֲדָרָיִךְ!
אָגֹז וְאַשְׁלִיךְ פְּאֵר נִזְרִי וְאֶקֹּב זְמָן, חִלֵּל בְּאֶרֶץ טְמֵאָה אֶת-נְזִירָיִךְ–
אֵיךְ יֶעֱרַב לִי אֲכֹל וּשְׁתוֹת בְּעֵת אֶחֱזֶה, כִּי יִּסְחֲבוּ הַכְּלָבִים אֶת-כְּפִירָיִךְ?
אוֹ אֵיךְ מְאוֹר יוֹם יְהִי מָתוֹק לְעֵינַי בְּעוֹד אֶרְאֶה בְּפִי עֹרְבִים פִּגְרֵי נְשָׁרָיִךְ?
כּוֹס הַיְגוֹנִים, לְאַט! הַרְפִּי מְעַט, כִּי כְבָר מָלְאוּ כְסָלַי וְנַפְשִׁי מַמְּרוֹרָיִךְ.
עֵת אֶזְכְּרָה אָהֳלָה – אֶשְׁתֶּה חֲמָתֵךְ, וְאֶזְכֹּר אָהֳלִיבָה – וְאֶמְצֶה אֶת-שְׁמָרָיִךְ!
צִיּוֹן כְּלִילַת יֳפִי, אַהְבָה וְחֵן תִּקְשְׁרִי מֵאָז, וּבָךְ נִקְשְׁרוּ נַפְשׁוֹת חֲבֵרָיִךְ
– הֵם הַשְּׂמֵחִים לְשַׁלְוָתֵךְ וְהַכּוֹאֲבִים עַל שׁוֹמֲמוּתֵךְ וּבוֹכִים עַל שְׁבָרָיִךְ.
מִבּוֹר שְׁבִי שׁוֹאֲפִים נֶגְדֵּךְ וּמִשְׁתַּחֲוִים אִישׁ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ אֱלֵי נֹכַח שְׁעָרָיִךְ.
עֶדְרֵי הֲמוֹנֵךְ, אֲשֶׁר גָּלוּ וְהִתְפַּזְּרוּ מֵהַר לְגִבְעָה וְלֹא שָׁכְחוּ גְדֵרָיִךְ.
הַמַּחֲזִיקִים בְּשׁוּלַיִךְ וּמִתְאַמְּצִים לַעְלוֹת וְלֶאְחֹז בְּסַנְסִנֵּי תְּמָרָיִךְ.
שִׁנְעָר וּפַתְרוֹס הֲיַעַרְכוּךְ בְּגָדְלָם, וְאִם הֶבְלָם יְדַמּוּ לְתֻמַּיִךְ וְאוּרָיִךְ?
אֶל מִי יְדַמּוּ מְשִׁיחַיִךְ וְאֶל מִי נְבִיאַיִךְ וְאֶל מִי לְוִיַּיִךְ וְשָׁרָיִךְ?
יִשְׁנֶה וְיַחְלֹף כְּלִיל כָּל-מַמְלְכוֹת הָאֱלִיל.חָסְנֵךְ לְעוֹלָם, לְדוֹר וָדוֹר נְזָרָיִךְ.
אִוָּךְ לְמוֹשָׁב אֱלֹהַיִךְ, וְאַשְׁרֵי אֱנוֹשׁ יִבְחַר יְקָרֵב וְיִשְׁכֹּן בַּחֲצֵרָיִךְ!
אַשְׁרֵי מְחַכֶּה וְיַגִּיעַ וְיִרְאֶה עֲלוֹת אוֹרֵךְ וְיִבָּקְעוּ עָלָיו שְׁחָרָיִךְ.
לִרְאוֹת בְּטוֹבַת בְּחִירַיִךְ וְלַעְלֹז בְּשִׂמְחָתֵךְ בְּשׁוּבֵךְ אֱלֵי קַדְמַת נְעוּרָיִךְ!
Kinah 37
לז
צִיּוֹן קְחִי כָּל צֳרִי גִלְעָד לְצִירָיִךְ אֵין דַּי לְמַעַן כְּיָם גָּדְלוּ שְׁבָרָיִךְ:
אֶרֶץ צְבִי אַתְּ בְּתוֹךְ גּוֹיִם נְתוּנָה וּמִן עֵדֶן מְקוֹם כָּל יְקָר יָצְאוּ נְהָרָיִךְ:
וַיְהִי לְאוֹת נַעֲמָן רָחַץ בְּשָׂרוֹ בְּמֵי יַרְדֵּן אֲזַי נֶאֶסַף אַף כִּי טְהוֹרָיִךְ:
אַף לֹא יְסֻלֶּה עֲפַר אַרְצֵךְ בְּזָהָב וּפָז יָקָר כְּמוֹ יַהֲלוֹם מַחְצַב הֲרָרָיִךְ:
כָּל תַּעֲנוּגִים בְּבֺא בָסְרֵךְ וְלֹא קָהֲתָה הַשֵּׁן וְאוּלָם כְּצוּף מָתְקוּ מְרוֹרָיִךְ:
פִּרְיֵךְ לְמַרְפֵּא וְכָל עָלֶה תְּעָלֶה הֲלֹא וּכְיַעֲרַת הַדְּבָשׁ הָיוּ יְעָרָיִךְ:
עִם הַפְּתָנִים בְּרִית כָּרְתוּ מְתַיִךְ וְאֵין שָׂטָן אֲבָל הָשְׁלְמוּ לָהֶם כְּפִירָיִךְ:
בָּךְ כָּל בְּהֵמָה וְעוֹף חָכְמוּ עֲדֵי כַּחֲמוֹר הָיָה לְפָנִים לְבֶן יָאִיר חֲמוֹרָיִךְ:
בָּךְ אֵל לְבַדּוֹ וְאֵין בִּלְתּוֹ וְיָצָא שְׁמֵךְ כִּי שֵׁם אֱלֹהֵי אֱמֶת נוֹדַע בְּשִׁירָיִךְ:
מַה טּוֹב וְנָעִים בְּבֺא שִׁבְטֵי בְנֵי יַעֲקֺב שׁלָשׁ פְּעָמִים בְּכָל שָנָה שְׁעָרָיִךְ:
בָּךְ סוֹד תְּעוּדָה וְסוֹד חָכְמוֹת וּבָאוּ בְנֵי קֶדֶם וְחַכְמֵי שְׁבָא לִכְתּוֹב סְפָרָיִךְ:
מֶלֶךְ בְּקִרבֵּךְ וּבָךְ שָׂרֵי חֲיָלִים בְּכָל נֶשֶׁק וְעַל כָּל לְאֺם גָּבְרוּ גְבִירָיִךְ:
שׁוֹטְרִים בְּכָל הַגְּבוּל שׁוֹפְטִים בְּכָל עִיר וְעִיר זִקְנֵי אֱמֶת הֵם וְאֵין מוֹרַה כְּמוֹרָיִךְ:
בִּימֵי בְחוּרוֹת הֱיוֹת קֺדֶשׁ לְאֵל נִבְחֲרוּ וּבְנֵי נְבִיאִים בְּנֵי אֵל חַי נְעָרָיִךְ:
בָּךְ הַתְּקוּפָה עֲלֵי קַו הָאֱמֶת נִשְׁקֳלָה תֺּכֶן שְׁנוֹת דּוֹר וְדוֹר בִּשְׁנֵי אֲדָרָיִךְ:
מוֹלַד לְבָנָה כְּפִי אָרְכֵּךְ וְהַמַּחֲזֶה שׂוּמָה לְרָחְבֵּךְ וּבָהּ הֶרְאֵית סְתָרָיִךְ:
נִראָה בְתַמּוּז כְּסִיל בָּךְ יַעֲלֶה כִּי שְׁאָר כָּל הֶחֳדָשִׁים לְבַד זֶה בַּחֲדָרָיִךְ:
אַיֵּה דְבִירֵךְ מְקוֹם אָרוֹן וְאַיֵּה הֲדַר הֵיכָל וְהַמִּזְבְּחוֹת אַיֵּה חֲצֵרָיִךְ:
אַיֵּה מְשִׁיחֵךְ בְּעַד עַמֵּךְ יְכַפֵּר וּמֶה הָיָה לְיַלְדֵי קְהָת אַיֵּה נְזִירָיִךְ:
אֵיפֺה נְבִיאִים בְּנֵי עֶלְיוֹן וְכָל יוֹעֲצֵךְ אָבְדוּ וְהָלְכוּ שְׁבִי מַלְכִּיךְ וְשָׂרָיִךְ:
הָיִיתָ יְפֵה נוֹף לְרֺאשׁ תֵּבֵל בְּרוֹשֵׁךְ לְנֵס חֶטְאֵךְ לְבַד סֵעֲפֵךְ קָצַר קְצִירָיִךְ:
אֶרֶץ מְאָסֵךְ וּמֵי זָרִים שְׁטָפוּךְ וְכָל רוּחַ הֱפִיצֵךְ וְאֵשׁ בָּעֲרָה בְּעָרָיִךְ:
מָרִית בְּצוּרֵךְ אֲשֶׁר מִצַּר נְצָרֵךְ וְאָז זָרִים עֲכָרוּךְ וְאַתְּ הָיִית בְּעוֹכְרָיִךְ:
אֵל הֶאֱמִירֵךְ עֲדֵי נִקְרֵאת אֲרִיאֵל וְאֵיךְ עָבַר בְּנָוָךְ אֲרִי טוֹרֵף עֲדָרָיִךְ
שׁוּבִי לְאֵל בוֹעֲלֵךְ אַל תִּתְּנִי לוֹ דֳּמִי עַד שׁוּב כְּבוֹדוֹ וְעַד יִבְנֶה גְּדֵרָיִךְ:
נַפְשִׁי מְאֺד נִכְסְפָה לִרְאוֹת בְּזִיו זָהֳרֵךְ שָׁלוֹם יְהִי לָךְ ורֺב שָׁלוֹם לְעֺזְרָיִךְ:
לח
צִיּוֹן עֲטֶרֶת צְבִי שִׂמְחַת הֲמוֹנַיִךְ שָׁלוֹם כְּנָהָר קְחִי מֵאֵת אֲדוֹנָיִךְ:
אֵלֵי שְׁחָקִים אֲשֶׁר שׁוֹמְרִים לְחוֹמוֹת וְחֵל לַיְלָה וְיוֹם יִדְרְשׁוּן שָׁלוֹם לְמַחֲנָיִךְ:
גָּם הַנְּפוֹצִים בְּכָל אַרְבַּע קְצָווֹת וְהֵם דּוֹרְשֵׁי שְׁלוֹמֵךְ בְּנוֹתַיִךְ וּבָנָיִךְ:
שׁוֹכְנֵי קְבָרִים מְחַכִּים וּמְצַפִּים לְיוֹם יִשְׁעֵךְ וְאָז יִצְמְחוּ יִחְיוּ יְשֵׁנָיִךְ:
וַאֲנִי בְּשָׁאֳלִי שְׁלוֹמֵךְ אֶקְרָא קוֹל בְּרֺאשׁ הָרִים וְאֶדְמֶה לְעוֹף עַל רַעֲנַנָּיִךְ:
שָׁלוֹם לְצִיּוֹן נְוֵה צֶדֶק וְשָׁלוֹם עֲלֵי חֵלֵךְ וְחוֹמוֹת יְקָר אַבְנֵי פְנִינָיִךְ:
שָׁלוֹם לְאֶרֶץ צְבִי שָׁלוֹם לְכָל הַגְּבוּל גִּלְעָד וְשׁוֹמְרוֹן וְכָל יֶתֶר שְׁכֵנָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן לְפָנִים הֲלֹא הָיִית יְפַת מַרְאֶה אֵיךְ נֶהְפְּכוּ לִשְׁחוֹר תָּאֳרֵךְ וּפָנָיִךְ:
כִּבְנוֹת מְלָכִים יְקָר עָטִית תְּהִלָּה וְאֵיךְ שַׂק תַּחְגְּרִי עַל חֲלָצַיִךְ וּמָתְנָיִךְ:
לַחְמִּי אֲנָחָה בְּעֵת תַּעְדִּי לְתַחַת פְּאֵר אֵפֶר וְאֶשְׁתֶּה יְגוֹנִי עַל יְגוֹנָיִךְ:
קוּמִי וְנִשָֺּא נְהִי נִבְכֶּה דְמָעוֹת כְּיָם יִזְּלוּ נְהָרוֹת לְמִן עֵינַי לְעֵינָיִךְ:
עַל אַלְמְנוּתֵךְ אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ יְדִידֵךְ וְהוּא הֶחֱרִיב דְּבִירוֹ וְכָל סִתְרֵי צְפוּנָיִךְ:
עֵת אֶרְאֶה יָפְיֵךְ אֶקְרָא מְשׁוְֹרַרִים בְּשִׁיר עֵת אֶחֱזֶה עָנְיֵךְ אֶקְרָא מְקוְֹנַנָיִךְ:
אֶבְחַר לְקָאָת וְקִפֺּד יִשְׁכְּנוּ בָךְ וְאוֹי לִי אִם אֱדוֹם וַעֲרָב קִנְנוּ בְּקִנָּיִךְ:
עִיר הַמְּלוּכָה לְדָוִד וּשְׁלֹמֺה בְּנוֹ הָיִית בְּנוּיָה וְהֵם קֶדֶם מְכוֹנֲנָּיִךְ:
אַתְּ הִיא לְמִקְדָּשׁ לְאֵל אַתְּ הִיא מְנוּחָה לְצוּר אַתְּ הִיא אֲשֶׁר יוֹם בְּיוֹם יָרַד לְגַנָּיִךְ:
שָׁם שֻׁלְחָן וּמְנוֹרָה וְאֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית אֵל בֵּין שְׁדֵי אַהֲבָה לָן בִּמְלוֹנָיִךְ:
עַל מִזְבְּחֵךְ כֺּהֲנִים עָמְדוּ מְשָׁרְתִים בְּמוֹ זֶבַח וְעוֹלָה לְכַפֵּר עַל עֲוֺנָיִךְ:
רֺאשׁ הַכְּהֻנָּה אֲשֶׁר אָפוּד לְבוּשֵׁי יְקָר נִשְׁמַע בְּשׁוּלֵי מְעִיל קוֹל פַּעֲמוֹנָיִךְ:
אַחַת בְּשָׁנָה פְּנִים הָלַךְ לְחַדְרֵי דְבִיר הֵבִיא קְטֺרֶת מְלֹא קֻמְצוֹ וְחָפְנָיִךְ:
קִדָּה וְקָנֶה וְכָל רָאשֵׁי בְשָׂמִים עֲדֵי עִיר הַתְּמָרִים בְּבוֹא רֵיחַ שְׁמָנָיִךְ:
אַף הַלְוִיִּם אֲשֶׁר שׁוֹמְרִים שְׁעָרִים וְגַם הַמְשׁוְֹרַרִים שִׁיר בְּפֶה עִם כָּל רְנָנָיִךְ:
נֶגְדָּם בְּנֵי מַעֲמָד עוֹרְכִים תְּפִלָּה וְלָךְ יַעֲלֶה הֲמוֹנֵךְ בְּכָל פַּעֲמֵי זְמַנָּיִךְ:
בָּךְ הַנְּבִיאִים הֲלֹא הָיוּ בְּסוֹד אֵל וּבָךְ חַכְמֵי תְכוּנָה וּבָךְ שִׁבְעִים זְקֵנָיִךְ:
אַרְצֵךְ מְלֵאָה בְּמוֹ עֶשֶׂר קְדֻשּׁוֹת וְכָל מַעְשַֺׂר תְּרוּמָה וְגַם מִבְחַר דְּגָנָיִךְ:
עַתָּה שְׁמָמָה בְּלִי בָנִים וּבָנוֹת וְאָן מַלְכֵּךְ נְבִיאֵךְ לְוִיַּיִךְ וְכֺהֲנָיִךְ:
מָתַי יְשׁוּבוּן וְיָבוֹאוּ בְּתוֹךְ אָהֳלֵךְ הֵם הַתְּאֵבִים שְׁכוֹן תַּחַת עֲנָנָיִךְ:
מִי יִתְּנֵנִי לְעֵת תֵּלְדִי יְלָדִים כְּמוֹ שִׁפְרָה וּפוּעָה מְיַלֶּדֶת בְּאָבְנָיִךְ:
מִי יִתְּנֵנִי לְעֵת אֶתְאַו לְיוֹם חוֹתְנֵךְ יָבוֹא וְאַתְּ תַּעְדִי כַּלָּה עֲדָנָיִךְ:
לִבִּי יְאַוֶּה לְחַבֵּק בִּזְרוֹעוֹת עֲפַר אַרְצֵךְ וְאֶחְשׁוֹק בְּפִי נַשֵּׁק אֲבָנָיִךְ:
עֵת אֶרְאֵךְ בִּהְיוֹת נִבְנֵית בְּנֺפֶךְ וּפוּךְ יֵרָא לְצָפוֹן וְיָם גֺּבַהּ קְרָנָיךְ:
אֶכְסוֹף וְאֶחְמֺּד לְנֶחָמָה וְתִשְׁמַעְנָה דִּבְרֵי מְבַשֵֺּר בְּקוֹל אָזְנַי וְאָזְנָיִךְ:
הִתְעוְֹרַרִי לִקְרַאת דּוֹדֵךְ וְהִתְנַעֲרִי מִן הָאֲדָמָה בְּשׁוּבוֹ אֶל מְעוֹנָיִךְ:
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לט
צִיּוֹן תְּקוֹנְנִי עֲלֵי בֵיתֵךְ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׂרַף צָרְחִי בְּמֶרֶר עֲלֵי שׁוֹמֲמוֹת גְּפָנָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן תְּעוְֹרַרִי כְּאַלְמָנָה אֲשׁר הָיְתָה לָמַס לְכָל עוֹבְרִים מֵרֺב עֲוֺנָיִךְ:
עַל הַגְּבָעוֹת שְׂאִי קִינָה וְתַמְרוּר וְגַם נֶהִי בְּקוֹל רָם אֲשֶׁר הֻכּוּ הֲמוֹנָיִךְ:
אֵיכָה לְמוֹאָב בְּנֵי צִיּוֹן בְּאַף חוֹלֲלוּ עַל רֺב גְּאוֹנֵךְ וְקִרְאִי אֶל מְקוֹנְנָיִךְ:
הֵילֵל וְקִינָה שְׂאִי צִיּוֹן בְּמַר וּנְהִי וּבְכִי שְׁמָמוֹת עֲלֵי שׁוֹמֲמוֹת מְעוֹנָיִךְ:
קוֹנְנִי וְאַל תִּדְמִי קוֹלֵךְ בְּבֶכִי שְׂאִי דֶּבֶר וְחֶרֶב אֲשֶׁר שֻׁלַּח לְמַחֲנָיִךְ:
צָדוּ כְצִפּוֹר וְאֵין עוֹזֵר לְנֶגְדּוֹ אֲשֶּׁר פַּרְשׂוּ רְשָׁתוֹת לְגַלּוֹת אֶת קְלוֹנָיִךְ:
אֵיךְ הִשְׁלִיךְ תִּפְאֶרֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא זָכַר שְׁבוּעָה אֲשֶׁר כָּרַת לְאוֹמְנָיִךְ:
קוֹלֵךְ כְּקוֹל נַהֲמַת תַּנִּים נְוֹת יַעֲקֺב בֶּכִי וְקִינָה שְׂאִי עַל רֺב תְּלוּנָּיִךְ:
גָּזִּי לְנִזְרֵךְ וְהַשְׁלִיכִי לְרֺאשֵׁךְ עֲלֵי אֶרֶץ וְשַׂק תִּקְשְׁרִי עָצְרִי בְּמָתְנָיִךְ:
קוֹנְנִי בְּפֶשַׁע וְאַל תִּתְּנִי מְנוּחָה וְקִינָה עַל שְׁפָיִים שְׂאִי מֵרֺב מְעַנָּיִךְ:
אֶרֶץ צְבִי צִבְאוֹת קִינָה וְנֶהִי תְּעוֹרֲרִי אַל שְׁפָיִים הֲלֹא תַּחַת שְׂשׂוֹנָיִךְ:
קוֹנְנוּ מְלָכִים וְהֵילִילוּ קְצִינִים וְכָל מִזְרַח וְכָל מַעֲרָב עַל שִׂמְלוֹנָיִךְ:
פָּשְּׁטִי מְעִילֵךְ וְהַשְׁלִיכִי לְאֶרֶץ וְחִגְרִי שַׂק וְגַם תֶּהֱמִי תַּחַת סְדִינָיִךְ:
בָּחוּר וְזָקֵן וְגַם עוֹלֵל וְיוֹנֵק שְׂאוּ תַּמְרוּר לְנֶפֶשׁ לְעֵינֵי כָּל זְקֵנָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן שְׂשׂוֹנֵךְ הֲלֹא עָבַר כְּקוֹצִים עֲלֵי מַיִם וְנֶהֶפְכוּ מֵרֺב זְדוֹנָיִךְ:
חָשְׁכוּ מְאוֹרוֹת וְגַם כָּל הַשְּׁחָקִים וְכָל דֶּרֶךְ מְאֺד נַחֱשַׁךְ סָתוּם לְפָנָיִך:
כִּי הַשְּׁחָקִים מְאֺד זֺרוּ וְאָסְפוּ לְאוֹרָם לִפְנֵי כָּל שְׁאוֹן עַל רֺב יְגוֹנָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן בְּשׁוֹפָר תְּקַע עַל הַר וְגַבַע רְאִי צָרְחִי בְּמַר וּבְכִי עַל מוֹת סְרָנָיִךְ:
שִׁלְחוּ שְׁלָלֵךְ בְּאֵשׁ צִיּוֹן לְמִרְמָס הֲלֹא טָבְעוּ שְׁעָרֵךְ בְּתוֹךְ אֶרֶץ אֲדָנָיִךְ:
הִנֵּה לְמִרְמָס נְתוּנָה בַּת יְהוּדָה וְאֵין מֵשִׁיב לְנַפְשָׁהּ עֲלֵי שׁוֹמֲמוֹת שְׁמָנָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן בְּמַר תִּבְכִּי מֵאֵין מְנַחֵם אֲשֶׁר רָחַק מְאֺד מִקְּרוֹב נַחֵם בְּחוּנָיִךְ:
קוֹלֵךְ כְּקוֹל יָם וְגַם תַּנִּין וְיַעֲנָה וְקוֹל נֶהִי וּבֶכִי אֲשֶׁר תַּחַת סְלוֹנָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן לְמָרוֹם שְׂאִי עֵינֵךְ וְגַם תִּרְאִי סִפְדִי וְהֵילְלִי עֲלֵי עָזְבֵךְ תְּאֵנָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן תְּקוֹנְנִי אֱלֵי אָבוֹת ושַׁאֲלִי מְכוֹן בֵּיתֵךְ וְגַם עֶזְרֵךְ חֺסֶן קְצִינָיִךְ:
אֶל הַמְּעָרָה לְכִי צָרְחִי בְּמַר וּבְכִי עִנּוּ בְנוֹתֵךְ וּבָנַיִךְ וְנִינָיִךְ:
שָׂרָה כְּשָׁמְעַה לְקוֹלֵךְ גַּם מְבַכָּה עַלֵי בָנִים אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבּוּ אֶל כָּל שְׁכֵנָיִךְ:
רָחֵל וְלֵאָה בְּכוּ בִּלְהָה וְזִלפָּה הֲלֹא קוֹנְנוּ וְקִרְאוּ בְּקוֹל מָחִי בְּפָנָיִךְ:
כִּי הָאֱלֹהִים הֲלֹא נֶצַח וְלֹא יִזְנַח כִּי תִקְוָה הִיא וְרֺב שָׁלוֹם לְבָנָיִךְ:
KInah 40
מ
צִיּוֹן יְדִידוּת יְדִיד צָעִיר לְשָׂרַיִךְ שֶׁכְנַת כְּתֵבָיו בְרֺב עַנְוַת הֲדָרָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן הֲדַר כֺּל חֲדַר מִטּוֹת וְכָל מִשְׁכַּב דֺּדִים יְדִידֵךְ בְּבֺא חַדְרֵי חֲדָרָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן בְּרָכָה עֶלְיוֹנָה עֲלֵי רֺאשֶׁךְ לְמוּלֵךְ מְחֻטָּבִים שְׁעָרָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן יְרֻשַּׁת זְאֵב עֶרֶב שְׁבִי פַּאֲרֵךְ בַּעֲדִי עֲדָיִים עֲדֵי עָלוּ כְּתָרָיִך:
יָפִיתְ בְּרֺב הוֹן וְחֵן רָבִיתְ בְדֵעוֹת וְהֵן מִזִּקְנֵי צֺעֲנִים חָכְמוּ נְעָרָיִךְ:
הָיִיתְ יְפִי מִכְלָל נָאוָה בְּכָל מַהֲלָל עָלִיתְ וְשָׁבִיתְ שְׁלַל מַלְכֵי מְגוּרָיִךְ:
בָּךְ בִּרְוָחָה אֱנוֹשׁ לָן מִבְלִי חֵטְא בְּהִתְכַּפֵּר בְּקָרְבַּן תְּמִידַיִךְ מְכַפְּרָיִךְ:
יֻסַּדְתְּ בְּזִיו לַפְּאֵר חָרַבְתְּ בְּתוֹךְ אָב בְּאַף אֶשְׁאַף לְזֺאת אֶשְׁאַב מֵי תַמְרוּרָיִך:
נִרְאוּ בְּעִירֵךְ פְּנֵי קוֹנֶה בְּנֵי מַחֲנֶה רָצוֹן לְשׁכְנִי סְנֶה בִּשְׁנֵי חֲצֵרָיִךְ:
עוֹשֵׂי מְלַאכְתֵּךְ בְּחוּט הִתְעַשְּׁרוּ בִּרְכוּשׁ כָּל הוֹן יְקָר נִמְצָא לִקְהַל עֲשִׁירָיִךְ:
נִבְחַר מְקוֹמֵךְ לְצוּר בָּחַר בְּאֺם בֺחֲרָיו בָּחַר בְּמוֹצְאֵךְ וּבַכֺּהֲנִים בְּחִירָיִךְ:
בָּךְ דָּר בְּגִיל נֶהֱדָר אַדְּרֵךְ בְּכָל דֺּר וְדֺר עֶרְכֵּךְ בְּבֺא לַעֲדוֹר עֶדְרֵי חֲבֵרָיִךְ:
עָלָה גְבוּלֵךְ דְּבִר צֵלַע יְבוּס לֹא לְעֵין עֵיטָם לְבִלְתּי שְׂאֵת כִּתְפוֹת דְּבִירָיִךְ:
קָרָא יהוה שְׁמֵךְ עַל שֵׁם שְׁנֵי כֺהֲנִים דָּוִד מְצֵָךְ בְּחֵיל בִּשְׂדֵה יְעָרָיִךְ:
בָּנָה מְעוֹנֵךְ בְּנוֹ וַיְחַנְּכֵךְ שֵׁם בְּשֵׁם אָבִיו אֲשֶׁר קִדְּמוֹ נֶחְתַּם בְּשִׁירָיִךְ:
וּבְמַחְשְׁבוֹת בּוֹרְאֵךְ עָלִיתְ בְּטֶרֶם בְּרֺא תֵבֵל וְשַׁחַק וְעוֹלָם עַל עֲפָרָיִךְ:
וּבְמֵי מְרִיבָה בְּיוֹם זַעַם אֲזַי טָהֳרָה אַרְצֵךְ וְלֹא גֻשְּׁמָה בִּכְלוֹת יְצוּרָיִךְ:
יָרַד בְּעִתּוֹ מְטַר אַרְצֵךְ זְמַן לַיְלָה בָּא לִבְרָכָה וְטַל לָן בִּקְצִירָיִךְ:
הָיִיתְ לְשִׁית חוּג יְסוֹד מִמֵּךְ תְּעוּדָה וְסוֹד קִדּוּשׁ יְרֵחֵךְ לְפִי עֵדִים מְעַבְּרָיִךְ:
בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת תְּשׁוּקָה שׁוֹקֲקוּ שָׂחֲקוּ בַשּׁוּק וְהִשְׁתַּקְשְׁקוּ בַּסָּךְ עֲבָרָיִךְ:
בֶּחָג בְּפַז נִפְלְאוּ בַּפַּשׁ בְּפַס פֻּלְּאוּ טַל אוֹר וְחֵן נִמְלְאוּ זַכּוּ נְזִירָיִךְ:
אֵיךְ אֶשְׂמְחָה עוֹד בְּחַג אֵיךְ אֶעֳלוֹז עוֹד בְּפוּר עַד כִּי יְבוֹאוּן יְמֵי שָׂשׂוֹן לְפוּרָיִךְ:
אַרְצֵךְ חֲמוּדָה מְאֺד לֹא נֶחְמְדָה בַּעֲלוֹת בָּנִים חֲמוּדִים לְבֵית מַחְמַד מְגוּרָיִךְ:
נַעְלָה עֲנַן הַקְּטֺרֶת מִמְּקוֹם מִקְדְּשֵׁךְ יָצָא מְקוֹמוֹ עֲשַׁן אֵשׁ מִנְּחִרָיִךְ:
בִּקְרוֹב מְרֵעִים בְּעִיר שִׁלְחוּ בְּכַרְמֵךְ בְּעִיר עָרוּ וְעוֹרְרוּ בְּעִיר קַדִּישׁ בְּעָרָיִךְ:
בַּרְזֶל בְּלִי נִשְׁמַע קֺלוֹ בְּעֵת נִבְנֵיתְ אֵיךְ חַרְבוֹת צוּר בְּךָ תָקְעוּ מְצֵרָיִךְ:
עַל זֺאת בְּשַׂק עוֹבְרִים עִבְרִים אֲבָל בּוֹטְחִים כִּי יִשְׂמְחוּ אַחֲרֵי הַתּוֹר בְּתוֹרָיִךְ:
בִּילֵל לְקוֹלִי אֱלִי אֵיךְ תִּתְאַפְּקִי הֲלֹא קָרָא לְשַׂק וּבְכִי אַלּוּף נְעוּרָיִךְ:
לֵב מַדְוֶה יֶחֱלֶה לַתַּאֲוָה יִכְלֶה יִישָׁן עֲדֵי יַעֲלֶה עֶמּוּד שְׁחָרָיִךְ:
אָקוּם חֲצוֹת לַיְלָה עַל מִשְׁמְרוֹת מַאֲפֵל לִשְׁמוֹ לְאוֹר יֶאֱתֶה בֺּקֶר לְשׁוֹמְרָיִךְ:
אָז תִּמְצְאִי צוּף דְּבַשׁ אָז לֹא תְקוֹנֲנִי בְּרֺאשׁ כִּי תִתְכּוֹנֲנִי בְּרֺאשׁ הָרֵי הֲרָרָיִךְ:
יָבֺא כְּבוֹד הַלְּבָנוֹן לָךְ וְתִתְלַבְּנִי כִּבְנֵי עֲדָרִים בְּנֵי אֶדֶר גְּדֶרָיִךְ:
עוּרִי וְהִתְנַעֲרִי עִרַךְ יְעַר נוְֹעֲרִים נַעַר יְתָו אוֹת לְעֵץ יַעַר חֲזִירָיִךְ:
קוּמִי וְאוֹרִי לְכָל חוֹשְׁקֵי מְאוֹרֵךְ וְהֵם הוֹלְכֵי בְחֺשֶׁךְ עֲדֵי אוֹרוּ מְאוֹרָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן לְצִיּוּן וְאוֹת עֺז עוֹד תְּהִי וּלְנֵס עַמִּים וְתִגְבַּהְנָה רַגְלֵי מְבַשְֺּרָיִךְ:
נַצְּלִי עֲדִי הָעֳנִי וּתְנִי לְבוּשֵׁךְ שְׁנִי תוֹלָע כְּכַלָּה עֲדִי לִקְשׁוֹר קְשָׁרָיִךְ:
אַל תֺּאמְרִי לִי אֲשֶׁר זָקַנְתְּ הֱיוֹתֵךְ לְאִישׁ עוֹד תִּתְעַדְּנִי חֲלוֹץ הַשַּׁד לְגוּרָיִךְ:
תֶּלְדִי בְּנֵי שַׁעֲשׁוּעַיִךְ בְּעֵת עֶדְנָה תִּתְחַדְּשִׁי בִּנְעוּרִים כִּנְשָׁרָיִךְ:
יַטֶּה לְטוֹב יִצְרֵךְ צוּר יוֹצְרֵךְ יִצְּרֵךְ תִּהְיִ נצוּרָה כְּעִיר חֻבְּרָה לְמוֹרָיִךְ:
יִגְאַל בְּעֺז מִשְּׁבִי מִיַּד חֲזִיר חַצְּבי וִיהִי עֲטֶרֶת צְבִי לִשְׁאָר עֲדָרָיִךְ:
KInah 41
מא
שַׁאֲלִי שְׂרוּפָה בָּאֵשׁ לִשְׁלוֹם אֲבֵלַיִךְ הַמִּתְאַוִּים שְׁכֹן בַּחֲצַר זְבֻלָיִךְ:
הַשּׁוֹאֲפִים עַל עָפָר אֶרֶץ וְהַכּוֹאֲבִים הָמִּשְׁתּוֹמְמִים עָלֵי מוֹקֵד גְּלִילַיִךְ:
הוֹלְכִים חֲשֵׁכִים וְאֵין נֹגַהּ, וְקַוִּים לְאוֹר יוֹמָם, עֲלֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר יִזְרַח וְעָלֶיךְ:
וְשָׁלוֹם אֱנוֹשׁ נֶאֱנָח, בּוֹכֶה בְּלֵב נִשְׁבָּר תָּמִיד מְקוֹנֵן עָלי צירֵי חֲבָלָיִךְ:
וַיִּתְאוֹנֵן כְּתַנִּים וּבְנוֹת יַעֲנָה וַיִּקְרָא מִסְפֵּד מַר בִּגְלָלָיִךְ:
אֵיכָה נְתוּנָה בְּאֵשׁ אוֹכְלָה תְּאֻכַּל בְּאֵשׁ בָּשָׂר וְלֹא נִכְווּ זָרִים בְּגַחֲלָיִךְ:
עַד אָן עֲדִינָה תְּהִי שׁוֹכְנָה בְּרֺב הַשְׁקֵט וּפְנֵי פְרָחַי הֲלֹא כָסּוּ חֲרֻלָּיִךְ:
תֵּשֵׁב בְּרֺב גַּאֲוָה לִּשְׁפּוֹט בְּנֵי אֵל בְּכָל הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים וְתָבִיא בִּפְלִילָיִךְ:
עוֹד תִּגְזוֹר לִשְּׂרוֹף דָּת אֵשׁ וְחֻקִּים וְלָכֵן אַשְׁרֵי שֶׁיְּשַׁלֶּם לָךְ גְּמוּלָיִךְ:
צוּרִי בְּלַפִּיד וְאֵשׁ הַלְבַעֲבוּר זֶה נְתָנֵךְ כִּי בְּאַחֲרִית תְּלַהֵט אֵשׁ בְּשׁוּלָיִךְ:
סִינַי הֲלָכֵן בְּךָ בָּחַר אֱלֹהִים וּמָאַס בִּגְדוֹלִים וְזָרַח בִּגְבוּלָיִךְ:
לִהְיוֹת לְמוֹפֵת לְדָת כִּי תִתְמַעֵט וְתֵרֵד מִכְּבוֹדָהּ וְהֵן אֶמְשׁוֹל מְשָׁלָיִךְ:
מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר בָּכָה לְמִשְׁתֵּה בְנוֹ צָפָה אֲשֶׁר יִגְוַע כֵּן אַתְּ בְּמִלָּיִךְ:
תַּחַת מְעִיל תִּתְכַּס סִינַי לְבוּשֵׁךְ בְּשַׂק תַּעְטֶה לְבוּשׁ אַלְמְנוּת תַּחֲלִיף שְׂמָלָיִךְ:
אוֹרִיד דְּמָעוֹת עֲדֵי יִהְיוּ כְנַחַל וְיַגִּיעוּ לְקִבְרוֹת שְׁנֵי שָׂרֵי אֲצִילָיִךְ:
משֶׁה וְאַהֲרֺן בְּהֺר הָהָר וְאֶשְׁאַל הֲיֵשׁ תּוֹרָה חֲדָשָׁה בְּכֵן נִשְׂרְפוּ גְלִילָיִךְ:
חֺדֶשׁ שְׁלִישִׁי וְהֻקְשַׁר הָרְבִיעִי לְהַשְׁחִית חַמְדָּתֵךְ וְכָל יֺפִי כְּלִילָיִךְ:
גָּדַע לְלוּחוֹת וְעוֹד שָׁנָה בְּאֵוַּלְתּוֹ לִשְׂרוֹף בְּאֵשׁ דָּת הֲזֶה תַּשְׁלוּם כְּפֵלָיִךְ:
אֶתְמַהּ לְנַפְשִׁי וְאֵיךְ יֶעֱרַב לְחִכִּי אֲכוֹל אחֲרֵי רְאוֹתִי אֲשֶׁר אָסְפוּ שְׁלָלָיִךְ:
אֶל תּוֹךְ רְחוֹבָהּ כְּנִדַּחַת וְשָׂרְפוּ שְׁלַל עַלְיוֹן אֲשֶׁר תִּמְאַס לָבוֹא קְהָלָיִךְ:
לֹא אֵדְעָה לִמְצוֹא דֶּרֶךְ סְלוּלָּיִךְ הָיוּ אֲבֵלוֹת נְתִיב ישֶׁר מְסִלָּיִךְ:
יֻמְתַּק בְּפִי מִדְּבַשׁ לִמְסוֹךְ בְּמַשְׁקֶה דְּמָעוֹת וּלְרַגְלִי הֱיוֹת כָּבוּל כְּבָלָיִךְ:
יֶעֶרַב לְעֵינַי שְׁאוֹב מֵימֵי דְּמָעַי עֲדֵי כִלּוּ לְכָל מַחֲזִיק בִּכְנַף מְעִילָיִךְ:
אַךְ יֶחֱרָבוּ בַּרִדְתָּם עַל לְחָיַי עֲבוּר כִּי נִכְמְרוּ רַחֲמַי לִנְדוֹד בְּעָלָיִךְ:
לָקַח צְרוֹר כַּסְפּוֹ הָלַךְ בְּדֶרַךְ לְמֵרָחוֹק וְעִמּוֹ הֲלֹא נָסוּ צְלָלָיִךְ:
וַאֲנִי כְּשָׁכוּל וְגַלְמוּד נִשְׁאַרְתִּי לְבַד מֵהֶם כְּתֺרֶן בְּרֺאשׁ הַר מִגְדָּלָיִךְ:
לֹא אֶשְׁמַע עוֹד לְקוֹל שָׁרִים וְשָׁרוֹת עֲלֵי כִּי נִתְּקוּ מֵיתְרֵי תֻפֵּי חֲלִילָיִךְ:
אֶלְבַּשׁ וְאתְכַּס בְּשַׂק כִּי לִי מְאֺד יָקְרוּ עָצְמוּ כְּחוֹל יִרְבְּיוּן נַפְשׁוֹת חֲלָלָיִךְ:
אֶתְמַהּ מְאֺד עַל מְאוֹר הַיּוֹם אֲשֶׁר יִזְרַח אַל כֺּל אֲבָל יַחֲשִׁיִךְ אֵלַי וְאֵלָיִךְ:
זַעֲקִי בְּקוֹל מַר לְצוּר עַל שִׁבְרוֹנֵךְ וְעַל חָלְיֵךְ וְלוּ יִזְכּוֹר אַהֲבַת כְּלוּלָיִךְ:
חִגְרִי לְבוּשׁ שַׂק עֲלֵי הַהַבְעָרָה אֲשֶׁר יָצְתָה לְחַלֵּק וְסַפְתָה אֶת תְּלוּלָיִךְ:
כִּימוֹת עֱנוּתֵךְ יְנַחְמֵךְ צוּר וְיָשִׁיב שְׁבוּת שִׁבְטֵי יְשֻׁרוּן וְיָרִים אֶת שְׁפָלָיִךְ:
עוֹד תַּעֲדִי בַּעֲדִי שָׁנִי וְתֺף תִּקְחִי תֵּלְכִי בְּמָחוֹל וְצַהֲלִי בִּמְחוֹלָיִךְ:
יָרוּם לְבָבִי בְּעֵת יָאִיר לְךָ צוּר וְיַגִּיהַּ לְחָשְׁכֵּךְ וְיָאִירוּ אֲפֵלָיִךְ:
KInah 42
מב
צִיּוֹן צְפִירַת פְּאֵר חֶדְוַת אֲגוּדַיִךְ זַעֲקִי בְּרָמָה בְּקוֹלֵךְ עַל אֲבוּדָיִךְ:
אֶל הַבְּנוּיָה לְבַקֵּשׁ וּלְחַנֵּן לְאֵל שָׁלוֹם שְׁפוֹת לָהּ וְגַם לִבְנֵי בְחִירָיִךְ:
בַּעַל בְּחִירֵךְ אֲשֶׁר לָךְ אַהֲבָתוֹ לְזָר נֶהְפַּךְ לְנֶגְדֵּךְ וְגַם נֶגֶד גְּדוּדָיִךְ:
גֻּלַּף וּפֻתַּח בְּלוּחַ לֵב אֲזַי נִשְׁקַטְתְּ בֶּטַח בְּשַׁלְוָה שְׁדוּכָה עַל דְּרָדָיִךְ:
דַּבְּרִי נְכֺחוֹת לְרֵעַיִךְ לְהָלִיץ עֲבוּרֵךְ אַף תְּצַפְצֵף לְהָרִים קוֹל הֲדָרָיִךְ:
הָשֵׁב יְדִידֵךְ לְמִטָּתֵךְ וְלָלוּן בְּצִלֵּךְ וּלְטַיֵּל בְּסוּגַת גַּן וַרָדָיִךְ:
ווּעַד בְּמֺהַר וְקִדּוּשִׁין וְגַם בִּכְתֻבָּה לָךְ לְעָזְרֵךְ וְהֵן בֵּרוּר זְבָדָיִךְ:
זֶרַע וּבָנִים מְחֻטָּבִים לְאִישֵׁךְ הֲלֹא יָלַדְתְּ וְאֵיךְ נִשְׁכַּלְתְּ מִכָּל חֲסִידָיִךְ:
חָמַק וְעָבַר וְגָז מִמֵּךְ וְלֹא נִשְׁלַחְתְּ לֹא בָא בְּיָדֵךְ שְׁטַר סֵפֶר טְרוּדָיִךְ:
טוֹעֵן בְּטַעֲנַת מְמָאֶנֶת בְּמֶרֶד עֲלֵי כֵן נִתְקַלַּסְתְּ וְהָשְׁפַּל עַם יְדִידָיִךְ:
יוֹשַׁבְתְּ בְּדוּדָה דְּמוּמָה כִּי חֲשׂוּפָה קְלוֹן שׁוּלֵיךְ וְנִגְלֵיתְ וְנִדְלָלוּ כְּבוֹדָיִךְ:
כָּל מַחֲזִיקִים בְּנִזְרֵךְ הֵם יְצָאוּךְ דְּחוּפִים וּבְהוּלִים וְהֵם הָיוּ לְבוּדָיִךְ:
לִבִּי הֲלֹא נַחֱלָל מֵאֵין הֲפוּגוֹת אֲשֶׁר הוּמַר וְנֶחְלַף לְמַר מֶתֶק מְגָדָיִךְ:
מָלֵא דְּמָעוֹת כְּמַיִם נִשְׁטְפוּ נִמְלְאוּ דִּמְעוֹת לְחָיַי וְכָל עֵינֵי נְגִידָיִךְ:
נַפְשִׁי עֲטוּפָה בְּעֵת זָכְרִי לְאִשֵּׁךְ הֲלֹא נִכְבָּה וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לֶאֱפוֹת סְמִידָיִךְ:
סֶמֶךְ אֲשִׁישֵׁי עֲנָב מָהוּל בְּמַיִם וּפָס מִן הָרְפָתִים בְּקַר זִבְחֵי עֲבָדָיִךְ:
עֻדַּר וְנַחְרַשׁ יְסוֹדֵךְ לִשְׁדֵה בּוּר וְנִיר לִחֲכָה וְאָכְלָה סְבִיבֵךְ אֵשׁ פְּלָדָיִךְ:
פֶּלֶץ וְשָׁבָץ לְבָשׁוּנִי בְּעֵת אֶחֱזֶה מוֹנַי שְׁקֵטִים וְהֵם צָדוּ צְעָדָיִךְ:
צוֹעֵק אֲנִי לִמְקוֹנֲנוֹת לִבְכּוֹת וּבְמַר לִזְעוֹק נְהִי נִהְיָה הוֹי עַל קְפָדָיִךְ:
קַלּוּ יְמֵי עָנְיִי עֵת אֶחֱזֶה עָנְיֵךְ שׁוֹמְרִים מְצָאוּךְ וְהֵם נָשְׂאוּ רְדִידָיִךְ:
רָחֲפוּ עֲצָמַי עֲלֵי בָנִים יְקָרִים אֲשֶׁר כַּסִּיד שְׂרוּפִים בְּאוֹר אוּדֵי שְׂרִידָיִךְ:
שָׁקְדוּ וְיָקְדוּ גְוִילֵי דָת מְשַׂנְאַי וְאוֹי אֵיכָה מְשׁוּלוֹת אֱלֵי פַטִּישׁ תְּעוּדָיִךְ:
תּוֹהֶה לְבָבִי אֲשֶׁר נִרְצָה בְּאֶרֶץ טְמֵאָה לִנְדָבָה לְנִסּוּךְ יֵין תְּמִידָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן עֲדֵי אָן מְשִׂימָה אַתְּ לְפֶה אֶת יְדֵךְ אֵיכָה בְּיַד אוֹיְבֵךְ נָפְלוּ נְגִידָיִךְ:
מִמֵּךְ אֲבוּדִים יְלָדַיִךְ חֲמוּדִים כְּפָז עַל זֺאת בְּמֶרֶר בְּכִי יִלְלַת מְרוּדָיִךְ:
אֵיכָה מְעֻכָּב זְמַן לְדְתֵּךְ וְעַד אָן תְּהִי אַתְּ נִקְשֶׁרֶת בְּחִיל צִירֵי אֲחוּדָָיִךְ:
יוֹלְדוֹת לְתִשְׁעָה יְרָחִים עֵת נְשֵׁי כֺל וְאֵיךְ רַבּוּ שְׁנוֹתֵךְ אֲשֶׁר הָרִיתְ יְלָדָיִךְ:
רֺנִּי לְשׁוֹמֵר לְאַיָּלָה חֲבָלִים וְהוּא יַתִּיר לְצִיּרֵךְ עֲלֵי רֶבֶד רְפִידָיִךְ:
חוֹשֵׁב זְמַן יַעֲלֵי סֶלַה לְהַתִּיר וְלֹא חָשַׁב זְמַנֵּךְ לְהָסִיר כָּל חֲרָדָיִךְ:
זֻמַּן בְּיָדוֹ פְּתַח אַרְבַּע נְעוּלִים וְגַם כֵּן יִפְתַּח גִּנְזֵי אוֹצַר זְבוּדָיִךְ:
קֺל יַשְׁמִיעַ לְקַבֵּץ הָאֱמוּנִים דְּלָתָיו אָז פְּתַח יַפְקִידֵם עַל קְלִידָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן מְעֻשִֺּים בְּצַעֲרֵךְ וּבְיָפְיֵךְ מְעֻשָּׁתִים אֲשֶׁר יִזְרַח חֶרֶס חֲדוּדָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן בְּמִנְחה יְכַפְּרוּן אֶת פְּנֵי זַעְמֵּךְ אָז יִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְכַף רַגְלֵךְ חֲרַדָיִךְ:
ציּוֹן עֲדִי עֶדְיֵךְ רִקְמַת בְּגָדֵךְ וְגַם עֺז וּזְרוֹעַ פְּאֵר בִּגְדֵי חֲמוּדָיִךְ:
KInah 43
מג
צִיּוֹן בְּמִשְׁפָּט לְכִי לָךְ עִם מְעוֹנְנַיִךְ הִתְעוּךְ בְּכָזָב וְלֹא גִלּוּ עֲוֺנֲיִךְ:
אָכֵן בְּנֵי עַוְלָה עִנּוּךְ וְיִרְשׁוּךְ נְוֵה צֶדֶק וְהָיִיתְ שְׂחוֹק אֶל כָּל שְׁכֵנָיִךְ:
בָּזִיתְ מְלַמְּדֵךְ וְלֹא הִקְשַׁבְתְּ לְמוֹרֵךְ לְטוֹב בִּשְׁכּוֹן בְּאַרְצֵךְ קְדוֹשֵׁךְ בִּמְלוֹנָיִךְ:
גִּלִּיתְ קְלוֹנֵךְ וְטֻמְאָתֵךְ בְּשׁוּלֵךְ וְגַם טִמֵּאתְ דְּרָכֵךְ מְאֺד הִרְבֵּית זְנוּנָיִךְ:
דֶּרֶךְ אֲחוֹתֵךְ הֲלֹא הָלַכְתְּ וְזָנִיתְ בְּתַזְנוּתָהּ וְהִזְנִיתְ בְּנוֹתַיִךְ וּבָנָיִךְ:
הֶכֵּיתְ וְנֻגַּפְתְּ לְאֵין מַרְפֵּא וְהָשְׁלַכְתְּ כְּטִיט חוּצוֹת וְהִנָּךְ שְׂחוֹק לִבְנֵי מְעַנָּיִךְ:
וַתְּהִי נְגִינָה בְּפִי זֵדִים מְרִידִים אֲשֶׁר אָמְרוּ לְנַפְשֵׁךְ שְׁחִי הָרוֹס לְשִׁנָּיִךְ:
זָכְרִי עֲנִיָּה בְּלֵב נִשְׁבָּר וְזַעֲקִי עֲלֵי מַכֵּךְ וְנוֹגְשֵׂךְ אֲשֶׁר גָּדַע קְרָנָיִךְ:
חַכִּי לְאֵל בֶּאֱמֶת צוּרֵךְ וּבוֹרְאֵךְ וְהוֹחִילִי לְמַלְכֵּךְ לְבַד כִּי הוּא אֲדוֹנָיִךְ:
טַהֲרִי לְבָבֵךְ וְכַפַּיִךְ וְשׁוּבִי עֲדֵי אִישֵׁךְ קְדוֹשֵׁךְ וְלוֹ הַרְבִּי רְנָנָיִךְ:
יוֹמָם וְלַיְלָה תְּנִי קוֹל בִּבְכִי מַר עֲלֵי קִרְיַת מְלוּכָה ועַל תֵּל אַרְמְנוֹתָיִךְ:
כָּבוֹד וְהָדָר וְרֺב יֺפִי בַּתוֹכֵךְ הֲלֹא נִמְצָא קְדוֹשֵׁךְ וְהֵן נִתַּן לְעוֹיְנָיִךְ:
לָמָּה לְגַלִּים מְעוֹן תַּנִּים וּמוֹרַשׁ קְאַת מִדְבָּר וְגַם אַגְמֵי מֵי מַעֲיָנָיִךְ:
מֵאַנְתְּ שְׁמוֹעַ לְקוֹל מוּסַר מְיַסְּרֵךְ בְּכֵן שָׁתִיתְ וּמָצִיתְ שְׁמָנַיִךְ שְׁמָרָיִךְ:
נֺכַח פְּנֵי עֶלְיוֹן שִׁפְכִי לְבָבֵךְ כְּמֵי נָהָר וְאַל תִּתְּנִי פוּגַת לְעֵינָיִךְ:
סֺבִּי וְהֺמִי בְּעִיר קִרְאִי מְקוֹנְנוֹת וְכָל נָשִׁים מְבַכּוֹת בְּכִי גָדוֹל מְקוֹנְנָיִךְ:
עֶדִי צְנִיף מַלְכֵּךְ עַד אָן לְמִרְמָס יְהִי עַד מָה בְּיַד צָר בְּנֵי שָׂרִים סְגָנָיִךְ:
פֶּתַח לְבָנוֹן שְׁעָרַיִךְ אֲשֶׁר טָבְעוּ אֶרֶץ נְשִׁיָּה וְאֵין מָלוֹן לְכֺהֲנָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן עֲלֵיהֶם נְהִי נִהְיָה וְלֹא תֶחֱשִׁי אִסְפִי וְקִבְצִי זְקֵנוֹת וּזְקֵנָיִךְ:
קָרְחִי וְגֺזִי כְּנֶשֶׁר עַל בְּנֵי תַעֲנוּגַיִךְ וְעַל כָּל נְשִׂיאַיִךְ וְרוֹזְנָיִךְ:
רָמוּ וְגָדְלוּ כְּמוֹ גַלִּים בְּלֶב יָם מְזֺרַיִךְ בְּלֵיל שֻׁדֲדוּ טוּרֵי אֲבָנָיִךְ:
שֻׁדַּד מְלוֹנֵךְ וְכָל מַחְמַד יְקָרֵךְ בְּאֵין אוּרִים וְתֻמִּים אֲשֶׁר גִּלּוּ צְפוֹנָיִךְ:
תָּבוֹר וְכַרְמֶל כְּהָרֵי גִלְבֺּעַ בְּלִי טַלֵּךְ וּמִטְרֵךְ וְלֹא אוֹר בַּעֲנָנָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן יְגוֹנֵךְ נְשִׁי טַהֲרִי וְהִתְקַדְּשִׁי עֶדִי יְקָר לִבְשִׁי תַּמְרוּק שְׁמָנָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן וְשָׁלְמוּ יְמֵי אֶבְלֵךְ בְּשָׂשׂוֹן וְגִיל כִּי תַּם עֲוֺנֵךְ וּמִשְׁנֶה שִׁבְרוֹנָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן סְגֻלַּת מְלָכִים וּמְדִינוֹת תְּהִי עוֹד יִזְּלוּ מֵי מְנוּחוֹת מַעֲיָנָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן פְּדוּתֵךְ צְפִי עוֹד יִקְרְאוּ לָךְ צְפִירַת תִּפְאֶרֶת בְּפִי שָׁרִים וְנוֹגְנָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן בְּרָכָה וְחַיִּים בָּךְ אֲבִיר יַעֲקֺב צִוָּה לְעוֹלָם וְעוֹד יֺאמְרוּ בְּאָזְנָיִךְ:
צִיּוֹן הֲמוֹן כֺּהֲנִים הֵמָּה יְשָׁרְתוּךְ וְגַם יוֹסִיף יהוה קְנוֹת שֵׁנִית קְצִינָיִךְ:
KInah 44
מד
צִיּוֹן גְּבֶרֶת לְמַמְלָכוֹת מְצִירַיִךְ רֻבֵּי שְׁלוֹמִים שְׂאִי מֵאֵת אֲסִירָיִךְ:
יֶחְמַּץ לְבָבִי לְקוֹל נָתְנוּ רְאֵמִים בְּנֵי שֵׂעִיר וּמואָב בְּתוֹךְ הִֵכַל דְּבִירָיִךְ:
לְבְסוּ מְשִׁיחַי בְּדָם קָדְקֺד סְגָנִים טְרוֹף שׁוֹעַ וְקוֹעַ רְמוֹס עַמִּי בְּחִירָיִךְ:
עָרִים בְּצוּרוֹת תְּפוֹשׂ דָּיֵק וְסוֹלֵל שְׁפוֹךְ אַרְזֵי לְבָנוֹן כְּרוֹת מֵעֲצֵי יְעָרָיִךְ:
חָזוּ נְבִיאִים בְּשָׁוְא דַּבֵּר בְּשֵׁם עִיר קְדוֹשׁ יַעֲקֺב לְשָׁלוֹם וְלֹא חֻבְּשׁוּ מְזוֹרָיִךְ:
יִתַּר לְבָבִי עֲלֵי אָרוֹן וּמִשְׁכַּן וְצִיץ זָהָב וְאֵפוֹד וְשֵׁם קֺדֶשׁ סְתָרָיִךְ:
אִיִּים יְחַוּוּ לְרָז אוֹתוֹת וּמוֹפֵת עֲלֵי שׁיבְרֵךְ יְרַפְּאוּ אֱלֵי מִשְׁנֶה שְׁבָרָיִךְ:
שֶׁמֶשׁ וְכָל כּוֹכְבֵי שַׁחַק בְּעֵמֶק דְּמוּ קוֹלֵךְ בְּרָמָה שְׂאִי קוֹל תַּמְרוּרָיִךְ:
סַהַר וְכִימָה וְעָשׁ וּכְסִיל לְזֺאת יִכְבּוּ נָגְהָם אֲשֶׁר אָסְפוּ כּוֹכְבֵי שְׁחרָיִךְ:
מַטֵּה רְשָׁעִים כְּקָם שָׂרִים בְּיָדָם תְּלוֹת שָׁבַת מְשׂוֹשֵׂךְ וְגִיל וּכְלֵי זְמָרָיִךְ:
אָבַל לְבָנוֹן וְגִיל כַּרְמֶל בְּלִי נִשְׁמַע חָפְרוּ סְגָנִים בְּבֺא צָר בִּשְׁעָרָיִךְ:
חָכְמַת נְבוֹנִים בְּיוֹם אָבְדָה וְאֻסְּרוּ קְצִינַיִךְ וְשָׁחוּ בְּנֵי צִיּוֹן יְקָרָיִךְ:
מִכְלַל מְלָכִים לְבוּשׁ בָּנוֹת רְעָלוֹת פְּאֵר רָאמוֹת וְגָבִישׁ וְאַף סַפִּיר גְּזִירָיִךְ:
בָּזְוּ נְהָרִים בְּתוֹךְ קִרְיָה עֲלִיזָה לְאֵין קֵץ לִתְכוּנָה וְסוֹף פָּרְצוּ גְדֵרָיִךְ:
גִּבְעָה וְעֵץ רַעֲנָן אֵלָה וְאַלּוֹן מְקוֹם פִּגּוּל מְלֵאִים חֲלָלַיִךְ פְּגָרָיִךְ:
יֶהֱמוּ קְרָבַי כְּיָם יִזְּלוּ דְמָעַי כְּמֵי נִמְרִים לְבָאִים בְּיוֹם טָרְפוּ כְּפִירָיִךְ:
יִסְעַר לְבָבִי כְּמוֹ סוּפָה וְסַעַר כְּמֺץ גֺּרֶן יְסֺעַר עֲלֵי אַשְׁמוֹת כְּמָרָיִךְ:
הֵמַר בְּשָׂרִי לְיוֹם נִאֵר קְדוֹשׁ יַעֲקֺב מִקְדָּשׁ וּמִזְבַּח בְּלִי בוֹא בַּחֲצֵרָיִךְ:
שׂוֹרֵק נְטַע נַעֲמָן הָיִיתְ וּבֺקֶר כְּצָץ פֶּרַח וְנִצָּה תְּשַׂגְשֵׂגִי זְמוֹרָיִךְ:
שׁוּבִי צְבִיָּה לְאֵל יוֹצְרֵךְ יְכוְֹנַנֵךְ לְדוֹר וָדוֹר בְּתוֹכֵךְ שְׁכוֹן בַּעַל נְעוּרָיִךְ:
אַרְיֵה בְּנָוָךְ לְבַל יַעֲלֶה מְסִלּוֹת וְצִי אַדִּיר וְשַׁיִט לְבַל יַעֲבוֹר יְאוֹרָיִךְ:
נַַפְשִׁי שְׁלוֹמֵךְ דְּרוֹשׁ אִוְּתָה כְּחֺם צַח עֲלֵי אוֹרוֹת כְּעָב טַל בְּחֺם יוֹם נֵד קְצִירָיִךְ:
אֶשְׂמַח וְאָשִׂישׂ בְּיוֹם אֶשְׁמַע מְבַשֵֺּר בְּקוֹל שָׁלוֹם מְנוּחָה דְּרוֹשׁ וּשְׁלוֹם אֲסִירָיִךְ:
Kinnah 45
מה
מיוסד ע"פ א"ב לאחר תיבת עלי ולאחר תיבת ועל:
אֱלִי צִיּוֹן וְעָרֶיהָ, כְּמוֹ אִשָּׁה בְּצִירֶיהָ, וְכִבְתוּלָה חֲגוּרַת שַׂק, עַל בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ.
עֲלֵי אַרְמוֹן אֲשֶׁר נֻטַּשׁ, בְּאַשְׁמַת צֹאן עֲדָרֶיהָ, וְעַל בִּיאַת מְחָרְפֵי אֵל, בְּתוֹךְ מִקְדַּשׁ חֲדָרֶיהָ.
אֱלִי צִיּוֹן וְעָרֶיהָ, כְּמוֹ אִשָּׁה בְּצִירֶיהָ, וְכִבְתוּלָה חֲגוּרַת שַׂק, עַל בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ.
עֲלֵי גָלוּת מְשָׁרְתֵי אֵל,מַנְעִימֵי שִׁיר זְמָרֶיהָ, וְעַל דָּמָם אֲשֶׁר שֻׁפַּךְ כְּמוֹ מֵימֵי יְאוֹרֶיהָ.
אֱלִי צִיּוֹן וְעָרֶיהָ, כְּמוֹ אִשָּׁה בְּצִירֶיהָ, וְכִבְתוּלָה חֲגוּרַת שַׂק, עַל בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ.
עֲלֵי הֶגְיוֹן מְחוֹלֶיהָ, אֲשֶׁר דָּמַם בְּעָרֶיהָ, וְעַל וַעַד אֲשֶׁר שָׁמֵם וּבִטּוּל סַנְהֶדְרֶיהָ.
אֱלִי צִיּוֹן וְעָרֶיהָ, כְּמוֹ אִשָּׁה בְּצִירֶיהָ, וְכִבְתוּלָה חֲגוּרַת שַׂק, עַל בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ.
עֲלֵי זִבְחֵי תְמִידֶיהָ וּפִדְיוֹנֵי בְּכוֹרֶיהָ, וְעַל חִלּוּל כְּלֵי הֵיכָל וּמִזְבַּחַ קְטוֹרֶיהָ.
אֱלִי צִיּוֹן וְעָרֶיהָ, כְּמוֹ אִשָּׁה בְּצִירֶיהָ, וְכִבְתוּלָה חֲגוּרַת שַׂק, עַל בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ.
עֲלֵי טַפֵּי מְלָכֶיהָ בְּנֵי דָוִד גְּבִירֶיהָ, וְעַל יָפְיָם אֲשֶׁר חָשַׁךְ בְּעֵת סָרוּ כְּתָרֶיהָ.
אֱלִי צִיּוֹן וְעָרֶיהָ, כְּמוֹ אִשָּׁה בְּצִירֶיהָ, וְכִבְתוּלָה חֲגוּרַת שַׂק, עַל בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ.
עֲלֵי כָבוֹד אֲשֶׁר גָּלָה בְּעֵת חֻרְבַּן דְּבִירֶיהָ, וְעַל לוֹחֵץ אֲשֶׁר לָחַץ וְשָׂם שַׂקִּים חֲגוּרֶיהָ:
אֱלִי צִיּוֹן וְעָרֶיהָ, כְּמוֹ אִשָּׁה בְּצִירֶיהָ, וְכִבְתוּלָה חֲגוּרַת שַׂק, עַל בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ.
עֲלֵי מַחַץ וְרֹב מַכּוֹת אֲשֶׁר הֻכּוּ נְזִירֶיהָ, וְעַל נִפּוּץ עַלֵי סֶלַע עוֹלָלֶיהָ וּנְעָרֶיהָ.
אֱלִי צִיּוֹן וְעָרֶיהָ, כְּמוֹ אִשָּׁה בְּצִירֶיהָ, וְכִבְתוּלָה חֲגוּרַת שַׂק, עַל בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ.
עֲלֵי שִׂמְחַת אוֹיְבֶיהָ שָׂחַקוּ עַל שְׁבָרֶיהָ, וְעַל עִנּוּי בְּנֵי חוֹרִין נְדִיבֶיהָ טְהוֹרֶיהָ.
אֱלִי צִיּוֹן וְעָרֶיהָ, כְּמוֹ אִשָּׁה בְּצִירֶיהָ, וְכִבְתוּלָה חֲגוּרַת שַׂק, עַל בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ.
עֲלֵי פֶשַׁע אֲשֶׁר עִוְתָה סְלוּל דֶּרֶךְ אֲשׁוּרֶיהָ, וְעַל צִבְאוֹת קְהָלֶיהָ שְׁזוּפֶיהָ שְׁחוֹרֶיהָ.
אֱלִי צִיּוֹן וְעָרֶיהָ, כְּמוֹ אִשָּׁה בְּצִירֶיהָ, וְכִבְתוּלָה חֲגוּרַת שַׂק, עַל בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ.
עֲלֵי קוֹלוֹת מְחָרְפֶיהָ בְּעֵת רַבּוּ פְגָרֶיהָ, וְעַל רִגְשַׁת מְגַדְפֶיהָ בְּתוֹך מִשְׁכַּן חֲצֵרֶיהָ.
אֱלִי צִיּוֹן וְעָרֶיהָ, כְּמוֹ אִשָּׁה בְּצִירֶיהָ, וְכִבְתוּלָה חֲגוּרַת שַׂק, עַל בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ.
עֲלֵי שִׁמְךָ אֲשֶׁר חֻלַּל בְּפִי קָמֵי מְצִרֶיהָ, וְעַל תַּחַן יְצַוְּחוּ לָךְ קְשׁוֹב וּשְׁמַע אֲמָרֶיהָ.
אֱלִי צִיּוֹן וְעָרֶיהָ, כְּמוֹ אִשָּׁה בְּצִירֶיהָ, וְכִבְתוּלָה חֲגוּרַת שַׂק, עַל בַּעַל נְעוּרֶיהָ.
KInah Shomron till end
שֹׁמְרוֹן קוֹל תִּתֵּן: "מְצָאוּנִי עֲוֹנַי! לְאֶרֶץ אַחֶרֶת יְצָאוּנִי בָנַי!"
וְאָהֳלִיבָה תִּזְעַק: "נִשְׂרְפוּ אַרְמוֹנַי!" וַתֹּאמֶר צִיּוֹן: "עֲזָבַנִי יְיָ!":
"לֹא לָךְ, אָהֳלִיבָה, חֲשׁׂב עָנְיֵךְ כְּעָנְיִי. הֲתַמְשִׁילִי חָלְיֵיךְ לְשִׁבְרִי וּלְחָלְיִי?!
אֲנִי אָהֳלָה סוּרָה בָּגַדְתִּי בְקָשְׁיִי,
וְקָם עָלַי כַּחֲשִׁי וְעָנָה בִי מֶרְיִי,
וּלְמִקְצָת הַיָּמִים שִׁלַּמְתִּי נִשְׁיִי,
וְתִגְלַת פִּלְאֶסֶר אָכַל אֶת פִּרְיִי,
חֶמְדָּתִי פָּשַׁט וְהִצִּיל אֶת עֶדְיִי,
וְלַחֲלַח וְחָבוֹר נָשָׂא אֶת שִׁבְיִי.
דֹּמִי, אָהֳלִיבָה, וְאַל תִּבְכִּי כְּבִכְיִי.!
שְׁנָתַיִךְ אָרְכוּ, וְלֹא אָרְכוּ שָׁנַי!"
וְאָהֳלִיבָה תִּזְעַק: "נִשְׂרְפוּ אַרְמוֹנַי!" וַתֹּאמֶר צִיּוֹן: "עֲזָבַנִי יְיָ!":
מְשִׁיבָה אָהֳלִיבָה: "אֲנִי כֵן נֶעֱקַשְׁתִּי,
וּבְאַלּוּף נְעוּרַי כְּאָהֳלָה בָּגַדְתִּי.
דֹּמִי, אָהֳלָה, כִּי יְגוֹנִי זָכַרְתִּי!
נָדַדְתְּ אַתְּ אַחַת, וְרַבּוֹת נָדַדְתִּי.
הִנֵּה, בְּיַד הַכַּשְׂדִּים פַּעֲמַיִם נִלְכַּדְתִּי,
וּשְׁבִיָּה עֲנִיָּה לְבָבֶל יָרַדְתִּי,
וְנִשְׂרַף הַהֵיכָל אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ נִכְבַּדְתִּי,
וּלְשִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה בְּבָבֶל נִפְקַדְתִּי,
וְשַׁבְתִּי לְצִיּוֹן עוֹד וְהֵיכָל יָסַדְתִּי,
גַּם זֹאת הַפַּעַם מְעַט לֹא עָמַדְתִּי,
עַד לְקָחַנִי אֱדוֹם וְכִמְעַט אָבַדְתִּי,
וְעַל כָּל הָאֲרָצוֹת נָפְצוּ הֲמוֹנַי!
וְאָהֳלִיבָה תִּזְעַק: "נִשְׂרְפוּ אַרְמוֹנַי!" וַתֹּאמֶר צִיּוֹן: "עֲזָבַנִי יְיָ!":
הַחוֹמֵל עַל דַּל, חֲמֹל עַל דַּלּוּתָם,
וּרְאֵה שׁוֹמְמוּתָם וְאֹרֶךְ גָּלוּתָם!
אַל תִּקְצֹף עַד מְאֹד, וּרְאֵה שִׁפְלוּתָם,
וְאַל לָעַד תִּזְכֹּר עֲוֹנָם וְסִכְלוּתָם!
רְפָא נָא אֶת שִׁבְרָם, וְנַחֵם אֲבֵלוּתָם,
כִּי אַתָּה שִׂבְרָם וְאַתָּה אֱיָלוּתָם!
חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כִּימֵי קַדְמוֹנַי, כְּנָאֳמֶךָ: "בּוֹנֵה יְרוּשָׁלַיִם יְיָ:"!
עַד אָנָה בִּכְיָה בְצִיּוֹן וּמִסְפֵּד בִּירוּשָׁלָיִם. תְּרַחֵם צִיּוֹן וְתִבְנֶה חוֹמוֹת יְרוּשָׁלָיִם:
תְּרַחֵם צִיּוֹן כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתָּ וּתְכוֹנְנֶהָ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ.
תְּמַהֵר יְשׁוּעָה וְתָחִישׁ גְּאֻלָּה וְתָשׁוּב לִירוּשָׁלַיִם בְּרַחֲמִים רַבִּים:
כַּכָּתוּב עַל יַד נְבִיאֶךָ לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר יְיָ שַׁבְתִּי לִירוּשָׁלַיִם בְּרַחֲמִים בֵּיתִי יִבָּנֶה בָּהּ נְאֻם יְיָ צְבָאוֹת וְקָו יִנָּטֶה עַל יְרוּשָׁלָיִם:
וְנֶאֱמַר. עוֹד קְרָא לֵאמֹר כֹּה אָמַר יְיָ צְבָאוֹת עוֹד תְּפוּצֶנָה עָרַי מִטּוֹב וְנִחַם יְיָ עוֹד אֶת צִיּוֹן וּבָחַר עוֹד בִּירוּשָׁלָיִם:
וְנֶאֱמַר כִּי נִחַם יְיָ צִיּוֹן נִחַם כָּל חָרְבֹתֶיהָ וַיָּשֶׂם מִדְבָּרָהּ כְּעֵדֶן וְעַרְבָתָהּ כְּגַן יְיָ שָׂשׂוֹן וְשִׂמְחָה יִמָּצֵא בָהּ תּוֹדָה וְקוֹל זִמְרָה:
Kinos
Kinos for the day of Tishah b'Av
Kinah 6
Author: Rabbi Elazar HaKalir.
The poet begins the stanzas with the letter samech and continues through tav, alluding to "The L‑rd supports all who fall" (samech); at the end the author's name, Elazar, is signed.
Tavo el tzar. Lamavo, ad zaken, ram:
Ceased: "Turn away from me!" my passers-by (another version: my tormentors) told me.
Offscouring and refuse they made me among the flocks of my companions.
You screened off the Sanctuary from the coverings of my Holy of Holies.
You covered Yourself, and my mighty ones were left faint.
They clapped their hands, and my limbs gave way.
He trampled all my mighty ones.
Fallen (our city) while we yet lay crushed in the depths.
My eye awaited the vision of the son of Berechyah.
Until the wonders of the sphere were hidden (another version: awaited).
My eye afflicts me, struck down by Greece.
He acted and relented, and called (another version: and called) to weeping,
and declared: For these I weep.
By the banks of the Euphrates her pious ones were shattered.
By the streams of the Sea of Reeds she remembered how her foundations were laid bare.
Dread of the sin of Shiloh swiftly seized her counsel.
The boars of the forest opened their mouths: Where are her pious ones?
They broke out in deeds of immorality, to her defilement.
Zion spreads out her hands.
On Mount Zion my contentious tumults lay in wait.
My wanton sins have flooded over my head.
My insolent foes were bent on standing at Nov.
You kept watch long to stir up strife against me.
My people cried out in the days of Ben Dinai.
Righteous is the L‑rd.
You honored the lowly, and they stripped me of my ornaments.
You drew near, saying "Come to Me," and they devoted me to destruction.
I called to the inhabitants of Givon, yet they swept me away.
My voice they let be heard; in the evening they gnawed me to the bone.
"Rise, that we may pass over" — with mockery they dealt craftily with me.
I called to my lovers; they deceived me.
Why? The breath of our nostrils they kept for slaughter.
You saw that our skin was scorched like an oven.
You saw that toil and vexation they completed in Your longing.
You contended through Yechezkel, to avenge how they rebelled.
"Come, let us cut them off from being a nation," they said.
See, O L‑rd, how I am in distress; my innards are in turmoil.
Bring us back! My joy was made to listen to the nation that came forth from me.
You made them dwell to trample my courts and crush me (another version: to make me pine).
The lips of the singers of the Sanctuary fell silent, to grieve me.
You heard their songs, and even prepared to sweep me away.
They lay down and wandered, gravel their food to sustain me.
They heard that I sigh.
For You, Perfect One, engraved upon the throne of Your wheels;
Repay them their recompense as when they once beheld Your face.
Pursue to Tzalmon those who devise (evil) against Your hidden ones.
Let those who shattered Your pearls be scorched in flame.
Summon them to be made drunk with the cup stored up before You.
Let all their wickedness come before You.
May there come upon the foe who consumed us,
who in wrath drove us to the entrance of Chamas,
and exiled us as far as Chalach and Chavor,
elder, youth and maiden, he put us in chains.
Exalted One, look now, we are all Your people.
Remember, L‑rd, what has befallen us.
Kinah 7
Author: Rabbi Elazar HaKalir
Arranged according to the alef-beis, after the word "Eichah" (How) and after the words "V'lo zacharta" (And You did not remember).
At the end the author's name is signed: Elazar — that is, HaKalir: Ta'anenu lishpoch, al, zichri, raganti.
How You hastened in Your anger
to destroy Your faithful ones by the hand of the Edomites,
and did not remember the covenant between the parts which You made with Your chosen ones.
And so we cried out: Remember, L‑rd, what has befallen us.
How You rebuked with Your rebuke
to exile Your redeemed ones by the hand of the arrogant,
and did not remember the leaping over the way, as You leapt for the sake of Your bannered tribes.
And so we spoke: Remember, L‑rd, what has befallen us.
How You purposed in Your thought
to thrust away Your multitudes by the hand of the senseless,
and did not remember the appointed assembly of old, the set order You established for Your gatherings.
And so we lament: Remember, L‑rd, what has befallen us.
How You cast off in Your fury,
to have Your dwelling disgraced by the hand of strangers,
and did not remember the betrothal through the laws of Chorev which You decreed for those You cherish.
And so we declared: Remember, L‑rd, what has befallen us.
How You took the trouble, in Your burden,
to have Your lambs torn by the hand of the impure,
and did not remember the precious, upright love which You set apart for those who know You.
And so we wailed: Remember, L‑rd, what has befallen us.
How You intended in Your anger
to have Your vineyard consumed by the hand of young lions,
and did not remember that You would not cast off forever, as You taught those You took as Your own.
And so we murmured: Remember, L‑rd, what has befallen us.
How You declared in Your rejection
to have those who exalt You wiped out by the hand of tormentors,
and did not remember the carrying on eagle's wings with which You bore those You carried.
And so we lamented: Remember, L‑rd, what has befallen us.
How You spoke in Your storm
to deliver Your witnesses into the hand of the double-minded,
and did not remember the strength, the finest of ornaments, with which You crowned Your servants.
And so we answered: Remember, L‑rd, what has befallen us.
How You opened Your mouth in Your terror
to have Your wondrous ones made corpses by the hand of the violent,
and did not remember the gladness of the righteous Splendor which You stored away for Your hosts.
And so we cried out: Remember, L‑rd, what has befallen us.
How You called with Your calling
to have those called by You acquired by the hand of those who rose against them,
and did not remember the throng of twice ten thousand chariots with which You were pleased for Your beloved ones.
And so we complained: Remember, L‑rd, what has befallen us.
How You panted in Your fury
to have Your perfect ones plundered by the hand of despoilers,
and did not remember the might of the beautifully curled locks which You fashioned for Your wholehearted ones.
And so we mourned: Remember, L‑rd, what has befallen us.
We mourned, pouring out tears like water,
for why on this day were we twice taken captive?
I remember when I dwelt in tranquility in Jerusalem;
I murmured — and now I shall soar up to the vault of the heavens.
Kinah 8
Author: Rabbi Elazar HaKalir
Arranged according to the at-bash order: the first letter three times and the second letter once, and so on for the rest. At the end the author's name is signed, Elazar, that is, HaKalir: Yisrael, Azavuni, Raganti.
I soar up to the vault of the heavens.
I call the heavens to lament with me.
I curse the day that destroyed me twice.
I mourn: Would that my head were water!
I discern, in weeping, the wail of the wilderness.
I distinguish night from night and wilderness from wilderness.
I make the ascent-offering of the wilderness weep with me.
I roar: Would that I were in the wilderness!
I am hewn down and cast off like the beating of an olive tree.
I stir up all the household to weep with me.
I cause the Master of the house to say ...
I become impoverished: Would that I were thorns and briars!
I am sick at heart, seeking to find Him.
I know words with which to strengthen Him.
I worry: Where is the shepherd? — and I do not find Him.
I lament: Would that I knew where to find Him!
I turn and turn about like a wheel in my words.
I speak face to face, to recount my toils.
I cry "Alas!" for sun and moon that no longer shine before me.
I shout: Would that my words were now written down!
I make known the way of the judgments of those who steal my yoke,
I declare my unjust gain and my trespass;
the constellations languished when I rent my garment.
I cry out: Would that someone would hear me!
I depart as the caper-berry is made void;
I remember how I was wedded;
I shed streams like the upper pool.
I chirp: Would that I had wings like a dove!
My brother transgressed, from the mighty city to Tyre;
the marsh grass without water, to be held back in anger;
he seized standing grain to reap and gleanings to gather.
I speak: Who will lead me to the fortified city?
I pitch the tents of my palace in the shadow of death.
I fly and dwell at the courtyard of death.
I tend those who wait for death.
I wail: What man can live and not see death?
My Strength, I sought to behold Your help;
My awesome one says each year: This is the year!
I make it known to all, for this is known:
If not that the hand of the L‑rd has done this!
I bow my head to You, L‑rd, my strength.
I bend the knee to You, to bind up my sickness.
I crown You with a song from the songs of my dance.
I intend: Would that You were as a brother to me!
Do not forget the cry of Ariel,
to gather Yehudah and Yisrael to Him,
the thousands of angels whom G‑d delivered over,
saying: O that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion!
Israel — from the time they did not walk in My ways,
they forsook Me and I forsook them, and My face was turned from them.
I murmured and wailed, and my innards and my heart were poured out.
How they have cast my glory from my head!
Kinah 9
Its author is Rabbeinu Elazar HaKalir.
Arranged according to the alef-beis in the first word of each stanza, and according to the reverse order (tav-shin-reish-kuf) in the second word of each stanza. Each stanza opens with a word from the beginning of the verses of Eichah chapter 2, and closes with a verse from the portion of Bechukosai.
Authored by Rabbi Elazar HaKalir
The first word of each stanza begins with alef and continues with beis, etc.
The second word of each stanza is in reverse order: tav, then shin
Each stanza begins with a word from the opening of a verse in Eichah chapter 2 and ends with a verse from Bechukosai.
How my glory they have cast from my head,
and opposite the Throne of Glory they enthroned an idol,
when I profaned the condition on which my seers took counsel,
which said: If you walk in My statutes.
Why do you all contend with Me?
Your words have been harsh against Me.
This has come to you from your own hand.
He swallowed up my judges for their perverse counsels,
and hid His face from them when they turned aside their perversity;
and their rain was turned into dust to terrify them,
in place of I will give your rains in their season.
He made me offscouring and refuse;
He consumed in His anger and bore hatred against me.
May His consolations soon delight me.
He cut off the height of their horn and cut short their youth,
and with the flash of the sword He beset their gates;
He made them wasted with famine at the harvest,
in exchange for Your threshing shall reach to the vintage.
He bent His bow and destroyed with decisive destruction,
and made the heavens of strength dark like iron;
He broke through me with thirteen breaches,
instead of I will give peace in the land.
He who was your Rock, your stronghold and your refuge,
turned cruel and fought against you.
He who guarded you has cast you far off; He who desired you has abhorred you.
And where is the promise of You shall pursue your enemies?
He laid violent hands on the corner that was full of righteousness,
for in her imaginings He found all impurity,
and those who honored her despised her like one unclean.
with the reversal of Five of you shall pursue a hundred.
The Most High cast off the city of your festivals,
and made the gates of the rampart, where your feet stood, to mourn.
"Who has sought this?" He declared, and exiled you,
and brought to an end the word I will turn to you.
He thought to hate the nation gathered like the lily,
and fattened her with the fat of her infants;
the smoke of her canopy went up like a furnace,
and they asked, "Where is the grain?" in place of You shall eat very old produce.
Sunk and covered are the steps of my platform;
in the valley of wrath my Kohen was slain like one killed;
behold, how many years the foundation of my dwelling has been exiled,
and removed from my midst is the word I will set My Sanctuary.
They sit weeping over the groaning of your dead;
with four deaths He cast down your men:
sword and famine, wild beast and pestilence destroyed you.
When their shade departed, He uttered I will walk among you.
They were wasted by plunder — in an instant your tents;
and those who mocked you swore by you;
into your bosom the souls of your infants were poured out,
when you despised the word I am the L‑rd your G‑d.
To their mothers, for sustenance, they cried "Please!"
and the Rock said to His angels: Look away from Me!
I brought them to the land of Carmel, and they were delighted,
yet they hated the one who rebuked them — But if you will not hearken.
What shall I testify for you? Your elders together with your young ones were trampled.
They said, "We will flee upon horses" — therefore they fled.
I have wearied of bearing your iniquities as they were loaded on Me,
and I chastised you as I declared: If you despise My statutes.
Your prophets went astray, beholding deceit and vain visions;
I sought to forgive, and said: How can I for this?
I persuaded them, and they answered Me insolently;
and I grew angry and declared: I too will do this.
They clapped, they gnashed, my tormentors hissed,
within and without, to cut off my faithful ones;
for the sons of the wicked profaned My hidden treasures;
for evil and not for good He declared I will set My face.
The wicked opened their mouths: Before whom will you plead?
A people heavy with iniquity — He has punished it and grown weary.
No longer wait for a sign, a portent or a wonder!
He grew angry and departed, and declared: And if, despite these.
He has done, and raised up the crown of the tumultuous ones,
and made my blood drunk in the valley of thirst;
and each and every year He added grief to sorrow,
from the time He was angered and declared: I will break the pride.
He cried "Alas! alas!" and emptied His quiver;
from here and from there He brought the terrifying one upon me;
and with the mockery of buffoons, the foe gnashed his teeth;
and he consumed my strength, as declared: Your strength shall be spent in vain.
Arise, knock, cry out, do not be silent!
And let your voice come up like a ghost from the earth, and be still.
He gave me bitter water to drink and silenced me,
and darkened my path, as declared: And if you walk contrary to Me.
See the lot that You desired, made a ruin for the shepherds,
and I have become like a pelican of the wilderness;
exiled, disgraced, turned aside and surnamed,
when I heard I will send the wild beasts among you.
They lay in a faint like an antelope in a net, with none to draw them out;
filled with rebuke, with no healing arising.
Behold, how many years He has confounded me to my ruin!
Grievous in reproof: And if by these.
Call a day of calamity, wreak it upon the ruddy one (Edom),
to sweep him away and tear him apart sevenfold as my sorrow.
Let my foes be confounded when a voice goes forth from my palace, as I was confounded
in the strife of I too will walk.
I too was caught in the snare of drunkenness;
joy grew dark, and wrath made it cease;
I will sit on the ground and moan from my throat.
How the rose of Sharon sits alone!
Kinah 10
Its author is Rabbeinu Elazar HaKalir
Arranged according to the alef-beis in the initial letters of the stanzas,
and following Eichah chapter 1:
How the rose of Sharon sits alone,
and song fell silent from the mouths of those who bore the Ark,
and the Kohanim, sons of Aharon, were driven from their watches,
when the House was handed over to those who rebelled against the Master.
She weeps bitterly — the Torah of five books —
when a Kohen and prophet was slain on Yom Kippur,
and over his blood young priests were slaughtered like goats,
and the Kohanim of Tzippori wandered like birds.
She went into exile from her land, the adorned bride,
for the sin of the tithes and the Sabbatical year,
and was judged with four judgments,
and was stripped of her ornaments — the watch of Mifshatah.
The roads of the Sanctuary are silent, now that its wall is breached,
and the robe, now that its thread is torn;
it was brought down, cut off and laid low from its mound,
and he was driven from his planting — the Kohen of Aysah.
Her enemies became mockers of those who fought for bread,
when they abandoned "Is it not to share your bread with the hungry?"
and they were made hungry and thirsty for water and for bread,
when the Two Loaves ceased — the watch from Beis Lechem.
Gone is the splendor of the nation covered with silver,
and in its place ashes were heaped upon her head;
the lamps were extinguished and the Menorah overturned,
when they sinned with bread and morsel — Yodfas was captured.
She remembers the time when they answered, "We will do and we will hear,"
and now they were unwilling to answer "Amen";
with wormwood and gall they were sated and drenched,
and were cast off and mocked — the Kohanim of Aylvo.
She sinned a sin, and said to the idol, "This is G‑d,"
and mocked and scorned the seers of G‑d;
therefore she was provoked to jealousy by those who anger G‑d,
and Kefar Uziel went forth from the dwelling of G‑d.
Her impurity defiled the world,
and the chief of the ship departed,
and the cloud, the dust of His feet, is like a mourner,
and none of the Kohanim of Arbel is robed in vestments.
His hand the foe spread out in the House of the Habitation,
for I was condemned to annihilation like the generation of the Flood;
He made His throne a thing of ruin and disgrace,
and went forth bound in chains — the Kohen of Kavul.
All her people lamented a lament,
for they angered the jealous G‑d;
with a vile nation He provoked their jealousy,
and the watch of Elkanah wandered from its nest.
Not to the One on High did the eye look,
and silver was overlaid on earthenware;
she grew slack in holding fast to discipline,
and was torn down and overturned — the Kohen of Tzefas.
From on high He proclaimed: I am weary of bearing,
and struck me with blindness and madness,
and visited upon me the sin of Nov and Givon,
and the watch of the Kohen house of Meon wandered from the dwelling (another version: the canopy of Beis Meon).
Bound fast is the yoke of iniquity, and I am in pain,
as I was made to sit mourning, without a father,
and I am silenced from making music with strings and pipe,
and the watch of Yeshevav raised a lament over me.
He trampled my mighty ones, the teachers of instruction,
and the binding on Moriah was not remembered for me;
and for the great rebellion and defiance
she was set forth naked and bare — the watch of Maarayah.
Upon my back the plowmen plowed, they made long their furrows,
and drew sword and spear against me,
and I multiplied fasts and days of affliction,
and from the pattern of the design the Greek woman went forth.
She spreads out her hands, and no hand reaches out,
for she did not believe when [prophets were] sent early and often;
and the covenant of salt was abolished,
and there is no blended oil upon the head of Mamlach.
Righteous is the L‑rd, for she rebelled against His word;
"Raze it, raze it, to its foundation!" — it was laid bare;
and in place of "My strength and song," laments were engraved upon her,
and the watch of Natzras was scattered to the ends of the earth.
I called to my Rock, but my voice was not pleasing,
and I lamented in the forest, in Arabia;
and the lamp that burned in the west went out,
and the fragrance of the pleasant offering was not sweet.
See how I am storm-tossed like a ship,
in mourning and in lamentation,
and my congregation counted out like sheep for the slaughter,
and Migdal Nunya wandered from its encampment.
They heard that I went forth into captivity,
and the law from on high was burned, taken captive,
and I was made a desolation and a confusion,
and from its hiding place, concealed, Beis Chovia wandered.
They heard that I was befouled with stench,
and He shut out my supplication from Himself,
and did not grant me mercy and grace,
and from the city where David encamped, Kefar Yochanah wandered.
Let come the evil of the bloodthirsty who made me desolate,
and set my gates in desolation,
and He drew back His right hand,
and for the sin of idols Ginnason Tzalmin wandered.
May You come and make fragrant, and make my darkness shine,
and make our bones flourish like grass,
and accept the fragrance of our pleasing offering as of old,
and from Your table provide the fringes of the hot portion's share.
And Yirmeyahu lamented over Yoshiyahu:
Kinah 11
Arranged according to the alef-beis and following Eichah chapter 4. Its author is Rabbeinu Elazar HaKalir (so stated in Rashi on II Divrei Hayamim 35:22), and he signed his name in the letters at the end: Levatah, Es, Zamosi, Rashati.
How my mighty ones lamented of their own accord
for the one who at eight years of age began to seek his G‑d!
The sons of Cham, passing through, encamped against him,
and the change in his deeds was not remembered for him.
Also among all the kings of Israel who arose to repair the breach,
none arose like him since the days of Avigdor (Moshe).
There clung to him the sin of the scoffers of the generation,
who rose up to set [their idols] behind the door.
Those who ate the produce of the Shichor (the Nile)
— his fine gold they made blacker than soot.
The iniquity grew great, and He drew back His right hand,
and He has not yet withdrawn His hand from the opening.
Pure were his sayings, when he declared he would uphold the Torah;
He fulfilled His word with "Cursed be he who does not uphold."
His form grew dark when those far off blasphemed,
through the greed of those who despised the Torah and the statutes.
The good were called evil when he (Pharaoh Necho) sent a messenger:
"What have I to do with you today, that I should weary you?"
The hands of the common people being full of blood,
"You will be punished when I fulfill your wonder."
He (Necho) set out with my multitudes to go to Aram Naharayim;
[Yoshiyahu fought] so that no sword at all would pass through Ephraim's land.
But he did not listen to the seer to turn back,
for a decree had been decreed to set Egypt against Egypt.
Because of the sins of the concealed [idols] behind the doorposts,
they began to scorn the vision of the man of Anasos (Yirmeyahu).
The Anamim (Egyptians) moved to plunder his wealth,
and he did not turn his face away — and they mourned for this.
"Turn aside!" they warned, before the destruction,
but they refused to turn aside, and the foundation of the land tottered.
The face of battle he approached, and no bandage healed him,
and the archers shot at King Yoshiyahu.
While he still closed his eyes, they pierced his body,
arrow after arrow they shot and pressed upon him.
They hunted him and set him as a target for arrows,
and they shot three hundred arrows into him.
The swift ones inclined after him to hear the words of his mouth,
and until his soul was spent his deeds turned upon him;
he uttered with his mouth:
"Righteous is the L‑rd, for I rebelled against His word."
Rejoice, Nof (Egypt), for the wrath has been zealous,
to repay their tumult for the sin of their greed.
Ended is the fine gold of this people through their transgression,
and all lamented over him: "How is [the gold] dimmed!"
Gone in one fate, to drink the cup of Megiddo,
at the season of the Sabbatical year, when Hakhel was due to come.
He hung on twenty-two [arrows] from the destroyed foundations,
for they mourned him with Eichah in twenty-two letters.
The letters of laments are uttered for my dance,
at the time when I forgot my Maker.
I plotted, thinking He would shelter me forever;
I did wickedly and went away, and my tent was abandoned.
Kinah 12
Author: Elazar HaKalir
Arranged according to the reverse alef-beis (tav-shin-reish-kuf), and at the end the author's name is signed, Elazar, that is, HaKalir: Achor, Lechol, Al, Zos, Refuasi.
My tent, which You desired even before Creation, to join it to the Throne of Glory —
why is it forever plundered by the hand of plunderers?
And You have become like a shepherd who wraps himself in his cloak; You have trembled and murmured:
"And now, what have I here?"
My tent, which You raised up for the mighty ones of the earth, with the trembling of "Who then?" —
why is it forever cut off by the hand of foes?
And You have become like a bird alone on a roof, crying out bitterly:
"What has My beloved to do here?"
My tent, for whose sake You spoke to the emissary (Moshe):
"And you, stand here with Me" —
why is it forever laid bare by the hand of the uncircumcised?
And You have become like an enemy and a foe;
and where is the desire, "to dwell here"?
My tent, to which You descended in clouds of splendor,
for the one who is here and the one who is not here —
why is it forever despised by the hand of rebels?
And You have become like a mighty man who cannot save;
"What have you here, and whom have you here?"
My tent, which You established opposite the foundation of Your dwelling, to shelter beneath its canopy —
why is it forever swept away by the hand of the arrogant?
And You have become like one flying through space, and there is no longer a prophet;
and You declared: "Is there none here?"
My tent, in whose chambers You encamped from of old, on this side and on that —
why is it forever cast off by the hand of strangers?
And You have become like an elder going outside,
who has not passed by here.
My tent, which You prepared for casting lots here before You —
why is it forever thrust aside by the hand of the bloodthirsty?
And You have become like a stranger in the land;
and You declared: "We will not sit down until he comes here."
My tent, whose twilight stars darkened for the sin of my greed —
why is it forever made dark by the hand of the nations?
And You have become like a wayfarer at a lodging place;
and whom else have You here?
Behind and before, on this side and on that,
in every generation His wrath and His shelter are known.
Why, of all nations, has He laid His hand on me?
This is plain, for the calamity is engraved on His palm.
My healing is assured, for His anger is but a moment;
yet until now — how He clouds [us] in His anger!
Kinah 13
Author: Elazar HaKalir
This kinah too was composed by HaKalir. It enumerates all the salvations and wonders done for Israel with the word "koh" (thus). It is arranged according to the alef-beis after the words "Ei koh" (Where is the 'thus') and after the words "V'hen atah" (But now), and each stanza ends with a verse from Tehillim 74.
Where is the "thus" of the word of Him who made a covenant with the father (Avraham) in His utterance,
at the Covenant between the Parts: "Thus shall [your seed] be" forever?
But now my bones are swallowed up in murder:
"Why, O G‑d, have You cast us off forever?"
Where is the "thus" of him who approached like a lamb for an offering to appease You,
"We will go yonder (ad koh)" — so they were persuaded by Your testimonies?
But now Your beloved is pierced like a cleft fruit:
"Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture?"
Where is the "thus" of the promise of the streaked and the speckled with gifts,
"If he says thus... if he says thus" — the sign was hastened?
But now You have chastised the city full of tumult:
"Lift up Your steps to the perpetual ruins."
Where is the "thus" of him who plotted and slew the Egyptian, for the sake of the garden locked in holiness,
"And he turned this way and that (koh vakoh)" — sealed in the holy congregation?
But now the month has devoured their portion:
"The enemy has done all evil in the Sanctuary."
Where is the "thus" of the good one when he was sent to redeem Your servants,
"Thus shall you say" — to send the people forth to serve You?
But now traitors sit in Your house of assembly:
"Your foes have roared in the midst of Your meeting place."
Where is the "thus" of the covenants, new compacts,
with "Thus said [the L‑rd]: About midnight," with wonders and signs?
But now they are gathered in their shoes to come:
"They set up their own signs as signs."
Where is the "thus" of the proclamation, when Moshe went up:
"Thus shall you say" to the exalted beauty of the house?
But now the sons of iniquity have blasphemed her:
"It is known as one who lifts up [axes] on high."
Where is the "thus" of the utterance of the sixty primordial letters,
"Thus shall you bless," likened to sixty mighty men?
But now they are removed, lying in stupor:
"Like axes in a thicket of trees."
Where is the "thus" of him who opened his mouth to curse the nation, and blessed Your holy people,
when "Return, and thus shall you speak" was said to Your holy one?
But now they have besieged Your holy city:
"They have set Your Sanctuary on fire."
Where is the "thus" of the taking of the Levi'im, Your perfect ones,
"Thus shall you do to them" to purify them for Your eternal House?
But now they have stormed and made Your heavens quake:
"They have profaned the dwelling place of Your Name to the ground."
Where is the "thus" of the seven mighty shofars,
"Thus shall you do six days" to fell the wall to the ground?
But now the gates have sunk into the ground:
"They have burned all the meeting places of G‑d in the land."
Where is the "thus" of salvation, of storehouses of treasure,
with "Thus said [the L‑rd]," which He kept for the seers?
But now my blossoms are struck down in the courtyard:
"How long, O G‑d, shall the foe revile?"
Kinah 14
How [can] that which they have already done
— He demanded of me to collect His debt —
that before the skies were stretched out,
He alluded to in mine: "And the earth was void."
He swallowed up, with a sign, evening and morning;
the Exalted One declares the end from the beginning:
built, destroyed, and built at the end;
and its ruin, through my guilt, He engraved.
He engraved darkness and known gloom,
and the ancients beheld it cut down;
then to the heads of the generations its destruction was made known;
before it was made He had cut off its horns.
He cut short the tall stature of the creature He formed (Adam);
"This is the book" was set out before him;
"My unformed substance Your eyes saw," he pleaded,
when He passed before him all that was stored up.
He trod, impelled, out of the treasure house,
and He showed him that "the bed is too short."
His heart grew faint when he saw his children enter into the hand of the foe,
and He lamented over him, "Eichah," with "Ayekah" (Where are you?), in the time of distress.
The Rock showed him what would come to be:
a leaning wall shattered and a tottering fence;
to the generations He taught to wail, "It is done,"
over the breach that came to be.
There was the one roused from the east (Avraham);
between the parts his light shone forth,
and He showed him four kingdoms in a deep sleep, and he cried out,
for the gate of the east had sunk.
And He dealt violently and stripped off her crown,
and he saw her diadem cast away,
and dread fell upon him when He scattered her;
and he justified the attribute of judgment when he saw it then.
He saw nakedness and bareness and sighed,
and to the one bound on the altar (Yitzchak) he revealed this secret;
his eye grew dim from vexation, and he had no rest,
from seeing his offspring cast off the good.
The radiance of the perfect one (Yaakov) was cast off in the vision,
for he did not trust in this word;
he fed his eye upon "this place,"
and he sang of its desolation and lamented: "This is none other ..."
He felt dread at those ascending and descending,
and understood that through it oppressors would rule;
his disciples tremble over why [this befell them] in His judgment.
And from them the Holy Abode demanded [account] of the rebels:
Rebels — the Abode and its hidden treasures were laid bare,
And they fixed the nails of their shoes into its floor;
The radiance of its gates — how were they swallowed up?
Behold, they lie hidden in the earth, for they sank:
They sank — those who strove to know the time;
For Father [Yaakov] was ready to reveal the End;
Once the appointed End was revealed to him,
He turned away and held back, and hid the End:
They sat and asked of Father, to know
When the End of wonders would be made known;
They hope for the day of salvation, and it is not known,
Until in its time it will be hastened and made known:
The secret was to be made known to the people who looked to You,
But it was concealed from them, and they could not [attain it];
Your friends were consumed by zeal for Your House,
And in grief their lives were spent:
Spent was the confidence of the envoy [Moshe] when he was sent,
And he said, 'Send, I pray, by the hand of whom You will send;
For what gain is there for me in being sent,
When after me the Gileadite [Eliyahu] is to be sent?':
The infants at the Sea of Reeds asked their mothers with longing,
'Which is the yearned-for day?'
Their heart was prepared to sing from the Sea:
'The L‑rd shall reign' — with arm laid bare:
Laid bare was His arm, with uplifted hand,
Revealed with exalted right hand;
When the children sang, [His] wrath streamed forth [against the foe];
Their soul grew impatient in the valley of Edom, to know for what [reason]:
'What wrong have you found in Me,
That you have dealt so treacherously with Me?
From the wilderness you rebelled against Me,
And until now you have not believed in Me':
Your prophets, the plantings of Avigdor [Moshe],
Were broken trying to fence the breaches;
I revealed Myself to set in order a day of vengeance,
Yet the lawless of the generation did not sanctify themselves:
The generation schemed to know the secret, and they pressed [for the End];
They heard 'I adjure you,' and they were stopped;
Because when they heard this, they melted away,
And they wrung their hands:
They clapped [their hands] and rejoiced — those who came into the land,
When the kings of the land fell into their hands;
They expected that their salvation would hasten,
And that by their hand the joy of all the earth would be established:
They opened their mouths: 'A festival to the L‑rd in Shiloh!'
They imagined that His rule would be there forever;
They wrought falsehood, and He cast it off,
Until Shiloh shall come:
Shiloh He favored, like challah [separated] from the dough,
But it was rejected because of what was done in it;
See what transgression brings about!
Whatever He desired, He has done:
He performed a sign with me at will,
And in its time hastened [punishment] upon my stubbornness;
I fainted as from parching heat in a dry land,
Until G‑d shall shine forth from Zion:
Zion cried out: 'How could He allow
A mighty nation to be set over me?
It exulted and stamped upon the threshold,
And in its fury spread its terror':
It spread its dread when my Fashioner led me [into exile];
I had sought to establish myself there forever,
I was ashamed and also disgraced, for I could not rise up,
And in burning anger He said to me, 'Arise!':
'Arise' — I heard it as a rejection:
'Arise and go, for this is not the resting place';
I loathed my life because of sighing,
I brought near, but the offering was not pleasing:
See the wretchedness of my forsaken soul,
[Cut off] from peace, from tranquility and from rest;
Dashed upon the mountains of twilight, groaning,
Even there she found no rest:
His hand rested upon them, and by it they were scorched,
When mortal men rode over their heads;
They grew weary by the rivers of Babylon when they were detained,
And as their infants were tormented, they lay in the streets:
The captors lay [in wait], piercing their bodies,
Abusing them like cattle,
That they might waste away, pierced through,
While the waters of Euphrates pierced their insides:
You will call forth the might of slaughter and the cup [of wrath] upon those who laid [the Temple] bare,
Who razed the wall, laying it bare;
And every people and tongue gaze upon them,
While the precious sons of Zion lament over them:
The precious ones made a voice heard in Ramah, to weep:
'Why is this, and for what is this, that we have met such [a fate]?'
Together, one says this way and another says that way;
They murmured, to exchange the word 'Eichah' (How?) for 'Ei koh' (Where is it?):
Kinah 15
15 This kinah is built on the alphabet repeated six times: of "Eichah yashvah" (Eichah ch. 1, one alphabet), "Eichah ya'iv" (Eichah ch. 2, one alphabet), "Eichah yu'am" (Eichah ch. 4, one alphabet), and of "Ani hagever" (Eichah ch. 3), three alphabets. Each stanza opening is doubled, e.g. "Eichah ashpaso," "Eichah esa," "Eichah atz"; and so it is doubled at the head of every stanza, so that in all there are nine alphabets. After each letter he brings another stanza not from the alphabet, beginning each such stanza with one word of chapter 5, which begins "Zechor Hashem meh hayah lanu"; the first words of the verses of that chapter are the openings of those stanzas. In each alphabetical stanza the opening is from the three "Eichah" chapters, and the closing is from "Ani hagever." The stanzas based on "Zechor Hashem" are also arranged alphabetically after the opening words of the stanza, making ten alphabets; and the closing of those stanzas is from the Admonition in Parshas Bechukosai, beginning "And I will bring a sword upon you," through "These are the statutes" — twenty-two verses, corresponding to one alphabet, so that in all there are eleven alphabets. Its author is Rabbeinu Elazar HaKalir.
How [Eichah] is His quiver open like a grave,
And to subdue me in anger He added wings [of swiftness]:
I am the man [who has seen affliction]:
How [Eichah] shall I bear the sin I contemplated,
When my mouth is muzzled from the utterance of prayer?
He has led me away:
How [Eichah] He hastened to pour out His wrath!
I was weary of holding it back, and He said, 'Pour it out';
Surely against me He turns [His hand] again and again:
Remember how I was encompassed in the scorching heat,
And He said, 'When the shadows of evening stretch out,
I will bring a sword upon you':
Bitterly she weeps, at the time when all my needs were lacking,
And when I forsook the path, He chastised me;
He has worn out my flesh and my skin:
He swallowed up the House raised on high,
And like iron my thickets (another version: its thickets) were cut down;
He has built against me and encompassed me:
He made me listen [to the decree] to eat the children of my womb;
Before the foe He turned me back;
He has set me in dark places:
Our inheritance, when it was abandoned into the hand of the warrior,
He declared, 'I will not pity nor have compassion,
When I break for you the staff of bread':
The delicate one went into exile, to strip off my ornaments,
From the bridal canopy to exile when I was made ready;
He has fenced me in:
He cut down the pride of the noble and the lordly,
And drew back His right hand from saving;
Even when I cry out and plead:
My oppressors also prevailed over me,
And when I groaned, He sealed up my windows;
He has walled up my ways:
Orphans, driven out of their holdings,
And with all this His anger did not turn away;
And He said, 'If despite this [you will not listen to Me]':
The ways of rejoicing He covered over, to make me mourn,
And led me to the exile of Sheshach [Babylon];
He is to me as a bear lying in wait:
The oppressor trod upon my high places to lord over them;
Turn away from me, I will weep bitterly;
He has turned aside my ways:
The pursuer clung to me and trapped me in his net,
To sharpen his plowshare against me;
He has bent His bow:
He fouled our waters, and declared, 'I will lay you waste;
Into the valley of exile I will cast you, to disgrace you,
And I will walk with you [in fury]':
Woe, alas for the day of my weeping,
And the searing fire of my burns;
He has caused [His arrows] to enter my innards:
He who angered me went before me,
And made me taste my own blood like new wine;
I have become a laughingstock to all my people:
Those who ate the holy Pesach offering on the night of watching,
He fed them, in famine, the heads of donkeys;
He has sated me with bitterness:
Upon our necks He intertwined [the yoke] and profaned the shoulder,
And He declared, 'I will visit your iniquities upon you,
And you shall eat the flesh of your sons':
And there went forth [from Zion all her splendor]; He struck the crown of the head with scabs and crushed it,
And He made my bonds strong, for I had scoffed;
He has broken [my teeth] with gravel:
He did violence and stripped me of my ornaments, to cast me in the dust,
And from the heights to the depths He fouled me;
And You have removed my soul far from peace:
And great and heavy grew the groan of my slaughter,
And my outcry rose up over my head;
And I said, 'My strength has perished':
To Egypt and Kush, He said, 'I will send you back,
And I will judge you according to your wicked schemes,
And I will destroy your high places':
Remember this — that my spikenard gave off a stench,
And to the bride He declared, 'Come down from glory';
Remember my affliction and my wandering:
He abandoned the Holy Abode and hardened His heart,
And when He was wrathful with His anointed one;
You will surely remember, and my soul is bowed down:
My elders were meritorious, and I would bring their deeds [before You],
For it was thus that He broke open my path;
This I recall to my heart:
Our fathers cried out and were consumed by slander,
And He spoke of our evil, that it was great:
'And I will make your cities a ruin':
He beheld sin, for we were stained with iniquity,
Because in the parched land we were defiled;
The kindnesses of the L‑rd, that we are not consumed:
He who plowed me thought to raze the wall of the precious ones,
And those who look upon my wound weep bitterly;
They are new every morning:
Darkened was the vision of those who offered my fire-offerings at the wall,
Like a blind man, to grope about;
'The L‑rd is my portion,' says my soul:
Servants restrained me from mending the breach,
And He uttered harsh rebukes with decisiveness:
'And I will make the land desolate':
Her impurity clung [to her skirts], and He stretched out the line [of destruction],
And did not draw back from those who hoped in Him;
The L‑rd is good to those who hope in Him:
My palaces sank, and the foe's mouth was hushed with [their] blood,
And all who pass by me whistle and are astonished;
It is good that one should wait in silence:
Fine children were destroyed as I continued to transgress,
And according to my deeds His anger burned against me, to act;
It is good for a man that he bear a yoke:
At the peril of our lives we bring our bread,
For as with the shovel and the winnowing fork
He declared, 'I will scatter you':
His hand cast fire upon me as upon Sodom,
And on top of all these, the daughter of Edom oppressed me;
Let him sit alone and be silent:
My sons sat in grief upon its shore,
For his burden weighed heavily upon me;
Let him put his mouth in the dust:
The hands of my chastiser dealt me blows,
And I listened to the foe's mouth [saying], 'Bow down';
Let him give his cheek to the one who strikes him:
Our skin was darkened like a potsherd of clay,
And our bodies we laid upon the ground;
Then shall the land be appeased:
All the glory of our form was put to shame,
Yet all the ways of the Rock are kindness;
For He will not cast off forever:
We were nearly consumed, for He fought against me,
Yet He relents of the evil;
For though He causes grief, He will have compassion:
He spent His anger and kindled His flame,
And at the conclusion of six [hundred] years He extinguished the lights;
For He does not afflict willingly:
Women sit there with heads uncovered,
Each and every year recalling the guilt,
All the days of the desolation:
'Is it nothing to you,' [cry] those who oppressed His joyous ones,
As He brought His waves over His children;
To crush under His feet:
To their mothers, when they longed [for food] in the ruin,
Because they opened their throats like a grave;
To turn aside the right of a man:
He declared He would not blot out the people close to Him,
So how has He drawn His sword from its sheath
To subvert a man in his cause?:
Princes were taken captive and led out from the gates,
To make the gates like [rotten] figs;
To destroy those who remain:
From on high He wrote a scroll of wailing,
Lamentations, and moaning, and woe;
Who is it that spoke and it came to be?:
What shall I testify for you, that you be found acceptable at all,
Delivered into the hand of the contender and the quarreler?
From the mouth of the Most High it does not go forth [evil and good]:
Over the sin of the deceiving false prophets I lament,
My comforter is like one who shouts from wine;
What should [a living man] complain of?:
Young men tottered, stumbling within me to the sword,
And the Shechinah was lifted up from the midst;
And they stumbled one over another, as before the sword:
The burden of the yoke of our oppressors was bound fast,
And He abhorred the tribute of those who set out [offerings] for us;
Let us search our ways:
Your prophets were scorned by those who wink their eyes,
And the Long-Suffering One became cruel toward us;
Let us lift up our heart with our hands:
They wandered and shook their heads at our pitfalls;
The wicked cast [us] down into our nets;
We have transgressed and rebelled:
Elders and their offspring, sinning greatly,
They devoured them and made them a byword among the nations,
As He declared, 'And you shall perish among the nations':
He spurned those who offered incense, in anger,
And I opened my mouth and panted;
You have covered Yourself with anger:
My adversaries clapped their hands,
And I was pierced, and I cried out 'Violence!'
And I lamented: 'You have covered Yourself with a cloud':
'Depart, unclean!' cried those who accused us,
When our heavens were made like iron;
You have made us filth and refuse:
The joy of the singers' gladness has ceased,
And my pursuers were swifter than eagles,
To destroy those who remain:
For these things they oppressed us with their taunts,
And they raised loud the tumult of their blasphemies;
They have opened their mouths against us:
They opened wide their mouths to burn [us] into the pit,
And with rebuke closed [the pit's mouth] over me;
Terror and the pit:
The glorious face of the canopy of my dwelling
Was withered, and He raised up my oppressor;
My eye runs down with streams of water:
The crown of strength, their support, has fallen,
And the foe afflicted them in seven ways;
And they shall confess their iniquity:
She spread out [her hands] and cried, 'Woe, for I am shut in!'
Instead of strength, she girded her loins with sackcloth;
My eye pours down:
He executed His fury, and His anger blazed,
And He broke the neck of the one who stirred up strife;
Until He looks down and sees:
While yet [we were there], the Glory flew and departed,
And it ascended in ten journeys;
My eye has afflicted my soul:
For this the beauty of their pleasantness ceased,
Yet He said, 'I will not forsake them in the grip of their tormentor;
I too will go with them':
The Righteous One — the foe [set out] to number my steps,
For I perverted the upright and denied [Him];
They hunted me like a bird:
My Rock cried out, and screened Himself from [prayer] passing through,
And He set out to break me with my slain;
They cut off [my life] in the pit:
They hunted my steps, and He who sought me departed,
And as they rose up against me like the sea to drive me out,
Waters flowed over my head:
Upon Mount Zion they massed to cut me off,
But the Rock said, 'I will have pity on My remnant,
And I will remember My covenant':
I called: 'Listen to the taunt of my tormentors,
Striking my children upon the cheek';
I called upon Your Name, O L‑rd:
'Arise, call out, for she shall not be put to shame;
He will repay in full those who provoke me';
You heard my voice — do not hide [Your ear]:
Swift ones set me ablaze, and You hid Your countenance;
Set Your fear upon the nations;
You drew near on the day I called You:
You, O L‑rd — let the End not fail,
How long shall I be forsaken like a forest thicket,
And the land be forsaken?:
See the agitation of my incurable wound,
And I say, when I was abandoned to my creditor,
You have pleaded, my L‑rd, the causes of my soul:
See the greatness of my terror,
You have laid waste all my congregation;
You have seen, O L‑rd, the wrong done to me:
My spirit grew faint within me for fear of them,
They raised their fury to swallow me;
You have seen all their vengeance:
Why do You stand afar while they speak insolence?
You declared, 'The desolate [land] — I will resettle its open towns',
And yet, even this:
They heard that I was ensnared by their thrusting,
And like the locust their weariness [of me] rose up;
You have heard their taunts:
My children lay bowed down in their grief,
And the pride of their captors was very haughty;
The lips of those who rise against me, and their musings:
'Rejoice, my plunderer, for the hand has faltered against me,
Brought low down to the depths of the grave';
Their sitting down and their rising up — behold!:
Return to us full recompense for the years,
And say, 'I will redeem them from the tumult,
And I will remember for them the covenant of the first ones':
Come, behold those who afflict me, [standing] opposite,
They have grown great in strength, while I wilt [in longing for You];
Render them their recompense:
Call forth and reveal the day stored away in [Your] heart,
Against those who devise wrongs to commit willfully;
Give them hardness of heart:
Let the full measure of their might come to an end, to ensnare them,
Let them fall, with none to set them up;
Pursue them in anger and destroy them:
For they continually pierce and mock,
Yet from Your Torah we are not far;
Return us and teach us these statutes:
Kinah 16
16
Remember what the foe did (another version: did) within (another version: in the presence),
He drew his sword and came before Me and within;
[Remember] our inheritance, when he defiled the showbread,
And slashed the two-sided curtain:
[Remember the] orphans, [when] he defiled [the Temple] with a reddened shield,
And he measured a line [of ruin], with an appearance of red;
[Remember] our waters, [which] he fouled, and he made his arrows drunk with blood,
When he came out of the House with his sword full of blood:
Because of the destructive schemes of the man, he stretched out his hand against G‑d, to prevail over Him.
Egypt and every nation that was among them passed away (another version: if he prevailed over them),
'And I (another version: I), in the midst of my desire, will run at Him with an outstretched neck':
[Remember] our fathers — a stranger, when they brought in His young men [Nadav and Avihu], fire consumed [them],
Yet this one brought in a wandering harlot (another version: a harlot, a wanderer), and was not burned by fire;
[Remember the] servants [of G‑d], they were terrified within it at the flame of fire,
'And why, in the House of fire, did He send fire from on high?':
[Remember] at the peril of our lives — we sank, when he took out the sacred vessels,
And he placed them in a ship to be served by them (another version: to serve with them);
[Remember] our skin wasted away, when the attendant rose early,
And did not find the ninety-three sacred vessels:
[Remember the] women — when they sang, behold the tyrant came,
He scraped his shoes into the floor of the House;
[Remember the] princes — they were seized with trembling when the lawless one came (another version: at the coming of),
In the Holy of Holies he brought forth his stench:
[Remember the] young men, who stood outside, strengthened,
And they searched, thinking he would be harmed by six hundred thousand destroying angels;
[Remember the] elders, terrified when they [the heavens] permitted him from the skies (another version: from the strong ones)
To do his will, while He [G‑d] is bound in chains:
[Remember] the joy ceased when the adversary — the ruddy one — came,
And he surrounded the wall and perverted the multitude;
[Remember] wrath fell upon the descendants of the one who peeled fresh poplar, hazel and plane tree [Yaakov],
Until the palace of the Heavenly Canopy was abandoned:
[Remember] at the gate of the Temple Mount he began to come,
By the hand of four of his chief officers, to destroy it;
On the western side he left a remnant of it, as a remembrance,
And He stands behind our wall, yet did not plead His cause:
You were wrathful and permitted [them] to remove
The children in whom there was no blemish, to send them away from there;
Why do the nations rage, and You did not turn to regard the offering?
And they sent them to the land of Kush (another version: to the land of Utz) in three ships:
'Return us!' they cried out when they came to the depths of the sea,
And they joined themselves together to fall into the sea;
They sang song and praises as by the sea:
'For Your sake we are killed in the depths of the sea':
For the deep waters came up to their souls,
'All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You' — they entreated Him who gives substance;
They placed their hope in Him who brings back from Bashan,
And a Heavenly voice was heard: 'Awake, why do You sleep?':
Kinah 17
17
Shall women eat their fruit, the infants they have nursed?
Woe is me!
Shall compassionate women cook their children (another version: children) measured handbreadth by handbreadth?
Woe is me!
Shall they (another version: they) cut off the locks of their heads and tie them to galloping horses?
Woe is me!
Shall the tongue of the suckling cleave to the palate in the thirst of parched places?
Woe is me!
Shall they wail (another version: moan), one to another, 'Come, let us cook our screaming sons'?
Woe is me!
Shall they meet one with another: 'Give me your son' — and he is hidden away, cut into pieces?
Woe is me!
Shall the flesh of fathers be set out (another version: be set out) for the sons in caves and pits?:
Woe is me!
Shall the daughters (another version: daughters) be condemned to swell up [in death] in their mothers' bosoms?:
Woe is me!
Shall the spirits of infants fly away, swollen, in the streets of the city?:
Woe is me!
Shall [mothers] be bereft through a childless womb and dried-up breasts, and a mother bowed over her children?
Woe is me!
Shall eight hundred shield-bearers stumble in the parched wilderness?
Woe is me!
Shall their spirit be inflamed by kinds of salted food and swollen [empty] skin-bottles?
Woe is me!
Shall they be diminished from a thousand to a hundred, and from a hundred to ten, until one is left, in despair?
Woe is me!
Shall eighty thousand young Kohanim flee to the curtain of the Sanctuary?
Woe is me!
Shall all those (another version: those) souls be burned there like cut-down thorns?
Woe is me!
Shall eighty thousand anointed Kohanim be beheaded over innocent blood?
Woe is me!
Shall the souls of those pierced through breathe out at the fragrance of the fruits of the field?
Woe is me!
Shall nine kav of children's brains be heaped up, lying upon one stone?
Woe is me!
Shall three hundred sucklings be hung, stretched out, upon one branch?
Woe is me!
Shall the tender and delicate be seen bound in the hand of the chief executioner?
Woe is me!
Shall daughters of praised kings lie among the refuse heaps?
Woe is me!
Shall the maidens and young men faint in the thirst of parched places?
And the Divine Spirit thunders against them: Woe to all My evil neighbors! What befell them, they make known; but what they themselves did, they do not make known. "Shall women eat their fruit?" they proclaim; "Shall Kohen and prophet be slain in the Sanctuary of the L‑rd?" they do not proclaim:
Kinah 18
18
And You said, 'I will surely do good with you,'
'And I and Your people shall be distinguished';
Then why have lawless men profaned Your Name,
And You have not poured out Your fury upon them?:
You raised and exalted children, nursing them,
As a nurse carries the suckling;
Then why have the 'cousins' [the enemies] leaped (another version: dried them up) to spring [upon us],
And the lion [strangles enough] to strangle for his whelps?:
You nursed [us] with honey from the rock,
And brought forth flowing streams from the rock;
Then why were their judges thrown down by the hands of Sela [Edom],
And their infants dashed against the rock?:
You cast off and rejected every nation,
And You took for Yourself (another version: to take) a nation from the midst of a nation;
Then why has a nation hastened and come up against my land,
Saying, 'Come, let us cut them off from being a nation'?:
You swept aside sixty and eighty [nations],
To bring in a nation that keeps faith;
Then why have Moabites and Ammonites schemed
Against this people, who are counted like the stars (another version: who are numbered with the Keruvim)?:
You prepared (another version: established) [a place] for Your majesty to dwell,
This mountain which Your right hand and Your hand acquired;
Then why have You turned back Your glorious right hand,
And disgraced the Throne of Your Glory?:
You, O L‑rd, are exalted forever, and the First,
You established the [Throne on] high from the beginning;
Then why has the wicked one blasphemed with mouth and tongue,
Until the foe touched the apple of [Your] eye?:
You rejoiced over them to do them good,
Saying, 'You will bring them and plant them';
Then why has the tyrant blasphemed, saying, 'Where is their G‑d,
Who would eat the fat of their offerings?':
You split the sea with Your strength,
And shut in the sea with doors;
Then why have I sunk to the depths of the sea,
And my breach become as great as the sea?:
You are holy, enthroned upon the praises of holy ones,
In the midst (another version: in the council) of the sanctified elders;
Then why have the nations of the depraved raged,
And laid waste the Holy of Holies?:
You have heard (another version: Hear, our G‑d) that we have become a disgrace,
And Your Tabernacle was burned in fire;
Then why should the inheritance [You] sheltered be swallowed up?
Bring forth healing and shelter over us:
You are righteous in all that has come upon us;
Yours, O L‑rd, is the righteousness, and we declare You righteous with love;
Then why do we wail, while ours is the reproach?
For all this has come upon us through our guilt:
Kinah 19
19
Yours, O L‑rd, is the righteousness, in the signs You have wondrously wrought from of old until now,
And ours is the shamefacedness, in the trial in which we were refined, yet You abhorred us:
Yours, L‑rd, is the righteousness, for taking one nation from the midst of another nation with trials,
and ours is the shamefacedness, for the blemish found in us, acting according to their deeds:
Yours, L‑rd, is the righteousness, when G‑d went forth to redeem a people for Himself,
and ours is the shamefacedness, when they rebelled at the sea, at the Sea of Reeds — a nation against its G‑d — in their transgression:
Yours, L‑rd, is the righteousness, in the remembrance of "You are My witnesses, and I am G‑d,"
and ours is the shamefacedness, when we blasphemed at Sin [Sinai]: "Arise, make us gods!":
Yours, L‑rd, is the righteousness, in the taste You gave us to taste, like wafers made with honey,
and ours is the shamefacedness, on the day we offered before it fine flour, oil and honey:
Yours, L‑rd, is the righteousness, in sustaining us with manna, the well and the pillar of cloud,
and ours is the shamefacedness, when our fathers called it "the insubstantial bread" and murmured in their tents:
Yours, L‑rd, is the righteousness, in the wilderness we lacked nothing,
and ours is the shamefacedness, for the provocations at Lavan, Chatzeros and Di-Zahav, as it is recorded:
Yours, L‑rd, is the righteousness, with Sichon and Og and all the kings of Canaan,
and ours is the shamefacedness, with Achan, who trespassed against the consecrated spoil, without any excuse to be found:
Yours, L‑rd, is the righteousness, in the deeds You wrought through fourteen deliverers,
and ours is the shamefacedness, for the idol of Michah, through which we transgress:
Yours, L‑rd, is the righteousness, in the establishment of Shiloh, Nov, Givon and the Eternal House,
and ours is the shamefacedness, for the wickedness found in us, through which they were destroyed, and over which we are humiliated:
Yours, L‑rd, is the righteousness, for the two destructions that came through our greed, while we yet endure,
and ours is the shamefacedness, as we return to You with all our heart, that You may return to us in mercy:
Yours, L‑rd, is the righteousness, in the nine hundred years that hatred was held back from being heard,
and ours is the shamefacedness, as the man of delights [Daniel] pleaded and cried out: "Incline Your ear, my G‑d, and hear":
Kinah 20
20
Incline, my G‑d, Your ear to the horror that blasphemes, saying, 'Who is there for me in heaven?'
And hear the roar of Your adversaries who say, 'Raze it, raze it, to its foundation, the gate of heaven!':
Incline, my G‑d, Your ear to the throng that speaks arrogantly against the Righteous One,
And hear the voice of tumult from the city, [and] with outpoured wrath silence [them]:
Incline, my G‑d, Your ear to the envoy who was sent and said, 'Arise, and let us rise up against her in battle'; and hear the shudders of those who clamor, 'The time has come to wage war with Him in His House':
Incline, my G‑d, Your ear to those who took counsel and devised a scheme they cannot carry out,
And hear the talk of those who conspired with one heart together against You, and contemplated going up [against You]:
Incline, my G‑d, Your ear to those who blasphemed and set fire to the awesome Sanctuary,
And hear those who revile You, who silence thanksgiving and the sound of song:
Incline, my G‑d, Your ear to the scoffers who delight in scorn,
And hear all their taunts with which they have taunted You, and cast Your dread upon them:
Incline, my G‑d, Your ear to those who grew arrogant and brought out the Keruvim, parading them through the streets; and hear the burden of their filth when they offered swine upon Your altar:
Incline, my G‑d, Your ear to those who profaned and defiled the Holy of Holies,
And hear the wanton ones who hurl words against You in place of the holy ones:
Incline, my G‑d, Your ear to the barbarians who brazenly say, 'Come, let us wage war with Him in His House,'
And hear the mischief of the revelers who boast, 'For the Master is not in His House':
Incline, my G‑d, Your ear to her who says, 'I am, and there is none else besides me,'
And hear her blasphemies and taunts, as she exalts herself even up to Your Throne:
Incline, my G‑d, Your ear to her who scorns and mocks, 'What do you hope for? It is not being rebuilt!'
And hear the weeping of those who mourn and rend [their garments] and wait for when it will be rebuilt:
Incline, my G‑d, Your ear to those who say, 'It is forsaken, forgotten, abandoned, and desolate forever,'
And hear our cry, and be zealous with our zeal, and let Your face shine upon Your desolate Sanctuary:
Kinah 21
21
Cedars of Lebanon, mighty ones of the Torah,
Masters of shields [in debate] in Mishnah and Gemara,
Mighty in strength, who toiled in it in purity —
Their blood was spilled, and their might was drained away.
These are the holy ones, the Ten Martyrs slain by the government;
And over these I weep, and my eye pours down;
When I remember this, I cry out bitterly.
The delight of Israel, holy vessels, a diadem and a crown,
Pure of heart, holy ones — they died a grievous death.
They cast lots to determine who would be first for the sword;
When the lot fell upon Rabban Shimon, he stretched out his neck and wept as the decree was decreed;
The officer then turned to Rabban Shimon to kill him, [his] guarded soul:
[Rabbi Yishmael,] of the seed of Aharon, asked as a request to weep over the son of the noble lady [Rabban Shimon];
He took his head and placed it upon his knees — that pure lamp;
He placed his eyes upon his eyes and his mouth upon his mouth, with complete love;
He spoke up and said, 'The mouth that toiled mightily in Torah —
Suddenly a strange and grievous death has been decreed upon it!':
He [the officer] commanded to flay [Rabbi Yishmael's] head with a hired razor;
Fulfilled in his skin was [the verse], 'They said to your soul, Bow down, that we may pass over.'
When the wicked flayer reached the place of the tefillin, a pure mitzvah,
He cried out a great cry, and the world was shaken, and the earth crumbled:
After him they brought Rabbi Akiva, who uprooted mountains and ground them one against another with reasoning;
And they combed his flesh with an iron comb, to shatter it;
His soul departed with [the word] 'Echad,' and a Heavenly voice said,
'Fortunate are you, Rabbi Akiva, your body pure with every kind of purity':
Rabbi Yehudah ben Bava they brought after him, with broken heart and warning; he was killed at the age of seventy by the hands of the accursed one;
He would sit fasting; he was clean and pious, and quick in his work:
Rabbi Chananya ben Teradyon after him, who assembled congregations in Zion's gate,
Sitting and expounding with a Torah scroll with him; and they surrounded him with bundles of vine branches,
They set fire to them, and wrapped him in the Torah scroll;
Sponges of wool they placed upon his heart, so that he would not die quickly:
The pious Rabbi Yeshevav the Scribe was killed by the people of Gomorrah;
They threw him and cast him to the dogs, and he was not given burial;
A Heavenly voice went forth concerning him, that he had left nothing of the Torah of Moshe unobserved:
And after him Rabbi Chutzpis, on the day of wrath — a bird flying [overhead] would be burned by the breath of his mouth as by a pyre:
The righteous Rabbi Elazar ben Shamua, last of all,
Was killed by stabbing; it was Erev Shabbos
The time for Kiddush; he began 'Vaykadesh' and recited — they drew a sword upon him and did not let him finish while alive;
His soul departed at [the words] 'G‑d created,' [praising] the One who forms and fashions every form:
More and more such things the sons of iniquity added, to torment with rebuke —
By stoning, burning, beheading and strangling — who can fathom it?
What remains of her, the lions devour — the scattered sheep;
The breast of waving and the thigh of the raised offering the lion and the young lion have torn apart:
May the L‑rd do good, and no longer chastise her;
Strengthen the stumbling knees, O Portion of Yaakov and Savior in time of trouble:
A king shall reign in righteousness;
He will say, 'The days of your mourning are ended';
By His light we shall journey and go:
Kinah 22
22
Be silent before me, and let me speak, whatever may befall me;
I cry out 'Violence and plunder!' to You who dwell on high.
My spirit distresses me, and I cannot be still;
Like a woman in labor I will groan, gasp and pant;
I will make bitter mourning, and lament with moaning;
The words of my roaring pour out like the sea.
Mourn for my congregation that has been given over to desolation;
I will wander restlessly in my complaint and moan, and raise a voice of wailing:
How has rejoicing ceased, and gladness grown dark!
Every face is blackened, and every head made bald,
And every beard cut off, and upon every heart is sighing,
Since a fierce nation was roused, seeking [to dig] a pit [for us].
He trampled my mighty ones, who meditated on [Torah], strength of their trust;
My maidens and my young men He tore away as by uprooting;
At the head of every street their corpses [lie] like refuse;
My infants and little ones were counted as sheep for the slaughter.
For this I will wail, and my tears are upon my cheek;
Gather to me, you stricken ones of the scattered flock,
To increase the weeping and raise up an outcry.
Wail, O heavens, and cry out, O earth!
I will wander restlessly in my complaint and moan, and raise a voice of wailing:
Angels, go forth and cry out bitterly;
Bind yourselves together in a company for bitter mourning,
A voice as of a woman in labor, anguish as of one bearing her first child.
Lament over the congregation of the scattered sheep,
For a decree has been decreed upon them
In the heat of anger, fury and wrath;
And they gathered together in separation and purity
To sanctify the great and awesome Name,
And each strengthened his brother with help,
To cleave to pure fear [of Heaven],
And not to serve strange worship; and they spared neither man nor woman,
Nor the face that was a crown of splendor;
But they girded themselves with surpassing strength,
To smite the head and sever the spine.
And to them they spoke, saying:
'We have not merited to raise you to Torah;
We will offer you up as a burnt offering and as incense,
And together with you we shall merit the light
That is hidden from every eye and concealed.'
I will wander restlessly in my complaint and moan, and raise a voice of wailing:
Then great and small agreed
To accept with love the judgment of Him who dwells on high;
And the elders, vigorous and fresh — they were the first to be judged,
And the brazen-faced went out against them, and they were slain in multitudes upon multitudes;
And fat was mingled with filth.
And the fathers who had been compassionate became cruel like ostriches,
And they cast lots over fathers and over sons;
And he for whom the lot came up first
Was slaughtered with blades and knives;
And young men raised on scarlet
Licked the dust like serpents;
And the brides, clothed in scarlet,
Swooning in the arms of their grooms,
Were cut to pieces with sword and spear.
Remember this, O assembly of the congregation of the wise,
And do not hold back from multiplying lamentations,
And mourn for the pious and worthy
Who sank in the raging waters.
At the remembrance of this my soul is grieved.
I will wander restlessly in my complaint and moan, and raise a voice of wailing:
Torah, Torah, gird on sackcloth and roll in the dust;
Make for yourself mourning as for an only child, a bitter lament,
Over those who grasped your oars and spread out [your] nets,
Your sailors and your helmsmen in the mighty waters,
Who set your teachings in order, who made straight the crooked places,
Who deciphered your hidden things and revealed your secrets.
Who will now carve out hills, and who will hew in the mountains?
Who will analyze the debates, and who will resolve the difficulties?
Who will pronounce on nazirite vows, and who will rule on vows?
Who will till your depths, now that the plowmen are shattered?
And who will wage your battle and turn [the war] back at the gates?
The weapons of war are lost, and the mighty have fallen.
Fortunate are they, the wise, shining like the firmament;
The upright rest in resting places of peace.
Oh and alas, ruin and breakage for those who remain,
For anguish of soul, and pangs and throes,
For failing of the eyes, the shadow of death without order.
In the evening they say, 'Would that it were morning!'
And in the morning they wait, 'Who will reveal the light?'
Because of the sight of their eyes, which the princes in fury [beheld];
Outside the sword bereaves, and terror within the chambers.
How long will You look on, You who see all hidden things?
Behold the disgrace of Your Torah, which strangers have burned;
They scorned it, laid it bare, tore it to shreds,
Like tangled thorns they made the fires great.
Will You restrain Yourself at these things, Master of all creatures?
Avenge the blood spilled like flowing water!
Because of the plunder of the poor, because of the groaning of the storm-tossed,
A people who turn from transgression, [fed] with wormwood and bitter herbs —
Arise to my help, Mightiest of the mighty!
Lift up Your steps to the [perpetual] ruins.
I will wander restlessly in my complaint and moan, and raise a voice of wailing:
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My sin has made my habitation desolate,
And I let my tears stream down upon my cheek,
And on this day I raise lament and wailing,
And I moan, from year to year.
Mourning of heart — and comfort has utterly ceased,
And from every pain my anguish is set utterly apart,
Over the son and daughter of Rabbi Yishmael the Kohen Gadol;
I set their memory as a burning flame in my heart,
And I moan, from year to year:
When they were taken captive and fell to two masters,
And they were neighbors, encamped opposite one another,
And they told each other their affairs;
One said, 'From the captives of Zion I have captured a maidservant, comely in her years,
Like the moon in radiance and beauty of countenance,
And in form like Ketziah and Yemimah.'
And I moan, from year to year:
His fellow told him twice as much:
'And I come from the captivity of Yerushalayim,
I have captured a servant with beautiful eyes,
Like the sun in its strength at noontime,
And like the moon when its time is complete.
And I moan, from year to year:
Come, let us pair them, and divide between us
The offspring, [who will be] like the stars of heaven.'
At hearing this, ears tingle;
At the remembrance of this I rend my garments.
And I moan, from year to year:
When the two of them agreed on this together,
In the evening they paired them in one room,
While the masters were outside, of one mind;
And they [the two captives] wept in bitterness of soul and dread,
Until morning their weeping was not stilled.
And I moan, from year to year:
This one laments, his heart melting with trembling:
'How shall a descendant of Aharon marry a maidservant?'
And she, too, wails at the plunderer's blow:
'How shall a daughter of Yocheved be married to a slave?'
Alas, for He who speaks and does has decreed this!
For this, Ash, Kesil and Kimah [the constellations] shall weep.
And I moan, from year to year:
At the light of morning, when they recognized one another,
'Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!' they cried aloud;
And they embraced one another and clung together
Until their souls departed with a breath.
And I moan, from year to year:
For this Yirmeyahu laments the decree of desolation;
For this I am ever weeping,
And in my heart burns a flame and a searing,
Over son and daughter I intensify a great lament.
And I moan, from year to year.
I will wander restlessly in my complaint and moan, and raise a voice of wailing:
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Over the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash, for it was torn down and trampled,
I will mourn each and every year a new lament,
Over the Holy and over the Sanctuary:
You hid Yourself, to silence the Tarshishim [angels] on high,
When You shook the world because of [Your] fierce anger,
When fire blazed between the two poles of the Ark:
The two Sanctuaries, the one above and the one below,
One over against the other, were darkened in gloom,
And You said, 'I will be silent, I will restrain Myself, and look on':
When the ends of the poles were hidden away from within the Curtain,
And four coals went about in the Holy of Holies,
And forty [cubits of] foundation, down to the deep, were licked [by fire]:
When the Holy of Holies was cut off from the holy chambers,
You spoke and wailed, 'My tent is plundered,'
And You said, 'I will strike hand against hand,' and You roared like those who tread [grapes]:
When the crown of Your splendor was given into the hand of the foe,
And every precious vessel, the desire of the treasure-house,
Yet Yours is the power and the might — and they said, 'He did not restrain [us]':
The face of the Throne was then darkened,
And the heights of heaven were brought low into gloom,
When Yachin and Boaz fell to be shattered:
The ten tables were then plundered,
And to those who set them out they said, 'Where is the master of these?',
When they were bequeathed to the treasury of Shinar for its idols:
The standing Serafim were shaken from their station
When the stands were torn down from the House of delight,
And strangers proclaimed the days of destruction:
The copper Sea and the ten lavers,
When they were delivered to Bel [Babylon], behold they are broken,
And the two luminaries have been darkened ever since:
The work of the wheels that were on the stands,
When they were brought down to the ground, the radiance of the firmament was extinguished,
He who lays the nations low came before the Keruvim:
The wreaths of hanging work, from when they were brought down,
The dews have no longer descended for blessing,
And evil dogs swarmed upon the heights of the clouds:
All the vessels of silver and the vessels of gold
Were cut to pieces and removed from the House of flame;
When the splendor went forth, the helpers of Rahav [Egypt] bowed down:
The day which was called [a day of] tumult and confusion,
The band of angels, like a woman in distress and confusion,
Opened with speech, and after Him they responded, 'Eichah!':
The Ammonite and the Moabite rushed in and brought out the Keruvim,
And in a cage they were carried around,
[Saying,] 'Behold, the house of Yehudah is like all the nations':
The host of the Serafim on high was changed from its greatness,
And the mighty G‑d — His Name — did not desire His praise,
When His glorious House was hastened into heaps of ruins:
The singers of the heavens were silenced from sweetness,
And He said, 'What have you here? Today there is no reason;
Why would you praise the King at the time of wrath?':
And the Kohanim and the Levi'im were slaughtered at their watches,
And at their divisions stood the stampede of soldiers,
And they said, 'Where is the King held captive by the tresses?':
The vessels and those who served [with them] go into captivity,
The officers and the deputies are dragged in chains,
And instead of linen, the angels girded themselves with sackcloth:
The lion [Nevuchadnetzar] exulted and opened his eyes,
And behold, Michael [the angel] walked before him,
And [heavenly] princes walking like servants — his multitudes beheld this:
He robed himself in pride and extinguished the Menorah,
And stretched out his hand against the awesome G‑d,
And darkened the light of Him who wraps Himself in light:
When Bel [Babylon] roared like a lion in the Holy of Holies,
My Beloved fled, like one mourning over the dead;
That night He did not receive the deposit of the souls:
He said to the destroyers, 'I have poured out My fury;
The beloved of My soul I have given into the hand of her enemies;
I have forsaken My House, I have abandoned My inheritance':
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Author: Rabbi Kalonymus ben Yehudah of Mainz, on the decrees against the communities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz in the year 4856 (1096) (and see Rashi on II Chronicles 35:25):
O that my head were water, and my eye a fountain of flowing [tears],
That I might weep all my days and my nights
For my slain, my little ones and my infants,
And the elders of my congregations;
And you, respond: 'Alas, and woe, and woe is me!' And so, weep sorely, much and more,
For the House of Israel and for the people of the L‑rd, for they have fallen by the sword:
And my eye shall weep sorely, and I will go to the field of weepers,
And I will weep together with the bitter-hearted, the bewildered,
Over the beautiful maidens and the tender children wrapped in their scrolls,
And dragged off to the slaughter;
Ruddier in body than pearls, sapphires and carbuncles,
Trampled and cast away like the mud of the streets;
'Depart, unclean!' they called to them, 'from coming near.'
For the House of Israel and for the people of the L‑rd, for they have fallen by the sword:
And my eye shall run down with tears, and I will wail and lament,
And I will call for weeping and girding with sackcloth, to mourn
[Her that is] more precious than fine gold, and more desirable than gold,
Whose glory is within, the glory of every precious vessel;
They saw her torn, bereaved and forlorn —
The Torah, the Scripture, the Mishnah and the Aggadah;
Respond and lament, to tell of this:
Where is the Torah, the disciple, and the one who studies it?
Is not the place laid waste, without inhabitant?
For the House of Israel and for the people of the L‑rd, for they have fallen by the sword:
And my eyelids shall flow with water, to pour out tears,
And I will lament bitterly over the slain of Speyer,
On the second [month], on its eighth day, on the day of rest it was made precious,
The rest was changed to unrest, to burning;
Precious young men and elders of splendor were killed;
They gathered together and surrendered their souls in awe,
For the unification of the One Name they proclaimed the Name's oneness with might,
Mighty in strength, swift to do His word;
And my Kohanim and my young people perished, ten of them in all;
And in the bitterness of my grief and sorrow I join wailing [to wailing],
Remembering today the slaying of the holy communities,
The community of Worms, tested and chosen,
The great ones of the land, the clean ones of purity,
Who twice sanctified the One Name in awe:
On the twenty-third of the month of Ziv [Iyar], in purity,
And in the third month [Sivan], while chanting the recital of Hallel,
They surrendered their souls in love bound fast;
I will moan over them with weeping and wailing, to pour out [tears],
[They who are] adorned with a crown upon their head as a diadem;
And over the mighty ones of the splendid community of Mainz,
Swifter than eagles, stronger than lions,
Who surrendered their souls for the unification of the awesome Name;
And over them I will raise a cry of brokenness as in a storm,
[As] over my two Sanctuaries, whose foundations were razed as on this day,
And over the ruins of my small sanctuaries and the houses of Torah study;
In the third month, on the third [day], grief and curse were added,
The month that was turned to sorrow and distress;
On the day the Law was given, I hoped to be made fortunate,
But on the very day it was given, it then returned [above];
It ascended on high to the place of its abode,
With its case and its sheath, and the one who expounds and searches it,
Those who learn it and review it, [guarding it] as the apple of the eye, as in the light.
Lay it now upon your heart to bind on a bitter lament,
For their slaying is equal, to mourn and roll in the dust,
To the burning of the House of our G‑d, the Hall and the Sanctuary;
And since one may not add a [special] season of brokenness and burning,
And one may not set it earlier, only later,
Therefore today I will rouse my lamentation,
And I will mourn and wail and weep with a bitter soul,
And my sighing is heavy from morning until evening.
For the House of Israel and for the people of the L‑rd, for they have fallen by the sword:
And over these I weep, and my heart moans with moaning,
And I call to the women who lament and to the wise women,
[Crying] 'Woe!' and 'Alas!' — all of them moaning:
Is there any pain to compare to my pain?
Outside the sword bereaves, and terrors within the chambers;
My slain, slain by the sword, cast down naked, men and women;
Their corpses like refuse for the beasts of the earth and the cattle;
The suckling with the gray-haired man, young men and maidens;
My tormentors mock them and heap up disgrace:
'Where is their G‑d,' they said, 'the Rock in whom they trusted unto death?
Let Him come and save and restore their souls!'
Mighty One, O G‑d, who is like You, bearing the burdens [of all]?
Yet You keep silent and restrain Yourself, and do not gird on wrath,
When my mockers say to me, 'If He is G‑d, let Him contend [for Himself]!'
For the House of Israel and for the people of the L‑rd, for they have fallen by the sword:
And my eye, my eye runs down with water, for my song is turned to mourning,
And my harp to the voice of weepers, overturned and cooled; who will console me, and who will take hold to rouse [himself]?
Wrath has gone forth against me, and a sweeping storm;
The oppressing foe has devoured me and confounded me;
He broke my bones, scattering and crumbling them;
He trampled all my mighty ones, the navel and the center [of the land]; a salve
Or food there is none to provide;
My wound is incurable, with none to heal or bind it;
Therefore I said, 'Turn away from me, I will weep bitterly,'
With weeping, my tears searing upon my cheek.
For the House of Israel and for the people of the L‑rd, for they have fallen by the sword:
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Then, as Yirmeyahu went to the graves of the Patriarchs,
He said, 'Beloved bones,
How can you lie still? Your children have gone into exile and their homes are destroyed;
And where is the merit of the fathers, in a land of droughts?':
They all wept in lamentations over the loss of the children,
They spoke with a voice of supplication before Him who dwells on high:
'And where is the promise, "I will remember for them the covenant of the first ones"?':
'They exchanged My glory for emptiness, and did not fear nor tremble;
And I hid My eyes from them, yet they did not mourn nor bow;
And how can I restrain Myself when they say, "It is not He"?':
The father of a multitude [Avraham] cried out for them, and implored the exalted G‑d:
'In vain was I tested with ten trials for their sake, for behold I have seen their ruin;
And where is the promise, "Do not fear, Avram"?':
'They strayed to be estranged in strange worship,
They resolved to hew out cisterns, broken cisterns;
And how can I restrain Myself at the nullifying of the Ten Commandments?':
Thus Yitzchak cried out before Him who dwells in heaven:
'In vain was I set for slaughter, for behold my offspring is ground down and blotted out;
And where is the promise, "And My covenant I will establish with Yitzchak"?':
'They rebelled against Yirmeyah and defiled Mount Moriah;
I am weary of bearing the bellowing that rises to Me from the land of forgetfulness;
And how can I restrain Myself at the slaying of Zecharyah?':
The child [Yaakov], born clinging [to his brother's heel], spoke, shedding tears like a dripping stream:
'My infants, whom I raised in [my] shelter — how were they cut off from me in passing?
And how is the blood of so many thousands, blood upon blood, exacted from me?':
The faithful shepherd [Moshe] spoke, covered with ashes and soiled as dung:
'The flock that was carried in my bosom — how were they shorn before their time?
And where is the promise, "For Israel is not widowed"?':
The voice of Leah's weeping, beating upon her heart;
Rachel her sister weeping for her children; Zilpah striking her face;
Bilhah lamenting with her two hands:
'Return, perfect ones, to your rest; I will surely fulfill all your requests;
For your sake I have been sent to Babylon; behold, I will bring back the captivity of your children':
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Author: Rabbi Elazar HaKalir; arranged according to the alphabet.
Then, when the measure of her who was fair as Tirtzah was full,
Behold, the angels cried out outside.
When the son of Chilkiyahu [Yirmeyahu] went out from the palace,
He found a woman of beautiful form, disfigured:
'I adjure you in the name of G‑d and man,
Whether you are a demon among demons or of the children of men;
The image of your beauty is like flesh and blood,
Yet your awe and fear are like those of the angels alone':
'Behold, I am neither a demon nor a lowly shapeless thing;
I was known for [living in] tranquility and calm.
And behold, I belong to three and to seventy-one,
And to twelve and to sixty, and to one:
This one was Avraham,
And the son of the three Patriarchs, the third [Yaakov].
The twelve by statute — they are the tribes of G‑d,
And the six hundred thousand, and the seventy-one of G‑d's Sanhedrin':
'Hearken to my counsel and repent,
Since you are so very esteemed.
It befits you to exult and rejoice in goodness,
And no longer be called the wayward daughter':
'For how can I rejoice, and how shall I raise my voice,
When my infants have been given into the hand of foes?
My prophets were smitten, and behold they are cast down;
My kings, my princes and my Kohanim went into exile in iron collars:
From the lodging of my Sanctuary [the Shechinah] wandered off because of my sin;
My Beloved fled long ago and departed.
The pleasantness of my tent was plundered against my will;
She that was great among peoples — how does she sit alone!':
'Speak to your G‑d, O prophet Yirmeyah,
On behalf of the storm-tossed one, stricken and afflicted,
Until G‑d answers and says, "Enough for her,"
And rescues my children from sword and captivity':
He prayed a supplication before his Maker:
'You who are full of compassion, have compassion as a father on his son.'
He cried, 'Woe to the father who has exiled his children,
And woe, too, to the son who is not at his father's table':
'Arise, go, Yirmeyah, why are you silent?
Go, call the Patriarchs, and Aharon and Moshe;
Let the shepherds come to take up a lament,
For the wolves of the evening have torn apart the lamb':
Yirmeyah the prophet was roaring,
Growling like a lion over [the cave of] Machpelah:
'Give voice in weeping, fathers of the [land of] beauty;
Your children have strayed — behold, they are in captivity':
'And if, like Adam, they transgressed the covenant,
Where is the merit of those with whom the covenant was made?':
'What can I do for you, My children?
It is a decree from before Me':
The Sanctuary is desolate, without those who come at the appointed times,
Because the beloved ones were given over to stumble.
Restore them as of old, O Supporter and Sustainer;
Have compassion on Zion, for the appointed time has come:
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How can you comfort me with vanity, when my harp is turned to mourning,
In the inherited portion — heavy upon me is the yoke of the burden;
And how can I be comforted?
On this day each year, the times have changed for me;
And behold, I am grieved and forsaken for more than a thousand years.
And how can I be comforted?
Fierce anger prevailed, and the Ark was hidden away,
With a double breaking, because of those who defied the One on high.
And how can I be comforted?
My dwelling is destroyed, and my flock taken captive,
And Oholivah [Yerushalayim], once great, sits alone.
And how can I be comforted?
The lion [Nevuchadnetzar] came up from his thicket against Ariel [the Temple] and entangled it,
And exiled from His Tabernacle its meal offering and its libation,
And how can I be comforted?
And killed multitudes anointed with oil,
Counted as [G‑d's] desire — eighty thousand young Kohanim.
And how can I be comforted?
He cut down their stragglers like the Chivvi, and the one who made [the lion] fat, in the Temple Court,
Aryoch [Nevuzaradan], like a lion, over the blood of Kohen and prophet.
And how can I be comforted?
He plowed into ruins a city full of joyous tumult,
And the houses of Scripture and Mishnah, more than four hundred.
And how can I be comforted?
Media [Persia] swooped down to destroy my precious ones,
And ruled over my delights as I tore my garments.
And how can I be comforted?
She took counsel to strangle the offspring of the leaping lion's whelp,
With one mouth, to strangle elder and aged, infant and suckling.
And how can I be comforted?
The third [kingdom, Greece] weighed heavily upon the holy first-fruits [Israel],
With the fury of a scorching [wind], she sought to lay waste.
And how can I be comforted?
She pressed to divide the children of the [smooth] Portion who apportions [to them]:
'You have no portion in the name of the G‑d who pursues [you]!'
And how can I be comforted?
Edom rebelled, [descendant of him who craved] the red lentils,
And hastened in wickedness to destroy the Throne and the Footstool.
And how can I be comforted?
Moav and Ammon conspired together with the ruddy one [Edom],
To bring to an end the nursling [Israel] and to destroy the Palace.
And how can I be comforted?
He trampled all my mighty ones and the flocks of my companions,
And my heroes were brought to destruction before the eyes of all who passed by me.
And how can I be comforted?
My soul is faint before the killers, at the number of the slain,
Longing like the hart — and for Your sake they are slain.
And how can I be comforted?
They trembled on the day of battle, in the east and in the west,
Their blood intermingled, congregation and great multitude.
And how can I be comforted?
Troubles upon troubles, each more distressing than the other,
Great and fortified, long and not short.
And how can I be comforted?
They fastened their shields and girded on their spears,
And gathered their camps and lengthened their furrows [upon our backs].
And how can I be comforted?
Many are my sighs, and mighty my complaints,
My groans have multiplied — and You, O L‑rd, how long?
And how can I be comforted?
You have heard their taunts; they taunted me with their lips;
Their sitting down and their rising up — I am their song [of mockery].
And how can I be comforted?
'Where, then, is your hope? What have you here?
His anger has blazed, and there is no more healing.'
And how can I be comforted?
Your answers remain [only] treachery; the worshippers of Baal have oppressed me,
Until He looks down and sees from above — He who brings down to the grave and raises up —
And then I will be comforted.
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I said, 'Turn away from me, I will weep bitterly';
Bitter is my soul, and I cool my spirit
With those who are ready to rouse their lamentation:
With the weeping of Yazer [I weep] over your grief;
Daughter of my people, roll in the dust on your account;
Give yourself no respite; let the apple of your eye not be still:
Cry out in weeping, you who were crowned with joys,
So you were of old, and behold, you are for plunder;
How has this evil come to pass!:
Give yourself no rest, O remnant that has escaped;
Raise your voice and cry out bitterly,
For breach upon breach is proclaimed:
Behold, when the nations gathered together,
[Against You,] O Living One, to make a covenant as they desired,
Against Your people they plot in secret and take counsel:
And they devised schemes to make my steps turn aside and slip,
To follow vanity and become vain, and to tremble before it:
They said, "Come, let us cut them off from being a nation, so that the name of Israel will be remembered no more."
This the children of those called by Him proclaimed:
'We will hope in Him though He slay us; we will revere His awesome deeds;
The L‑rd has prepared a sacrifice, He has sanctified His invited ones':
Then they multiplied my slain and killed my best,
My foes and my enemies chastised me harshly;
With these blows I was struck in the house of those who [should] love me:
The filth of their stench — I refused to share in it,
They destroyed all my mighty ones in an instant,
Every choice piece, thigh and shoulder:
Together they were led to slaughter like lambs and kids,
Daughters fair of form, set with ornaments upon ornaments,
Those weaned from milk, taken from the breasts:
The father suppressed his compassion to slaughter;
He gave over the children like lambs to the slaughter,
He prepared a slaughter for his sons:
To their mothers they say, 'Behold, we are being slaughtered and butchered';
When they consecrated them for slaughter and set them apart
For the sword — women [slew] their own fruit, the infants they had nursed:
Who can hear and not shed tears?
The son is slaughtered, and the father recites the Shema;
Who has seen such a thing? Who has heard?:
The fair one of the home, the maiden daughter of Yehudah,
Stretched out her neck, and whetted and sharpened the knife;
The eye saw and bore witness to her:
The mother was afflicted, and her spirit flew away,
And she gave her soul over to the slaughter, as to a meal prepared,
As she welcomed it — a joyful mother of children:
The daughters exulted, married and betrothed,
Going forth to meet the sword's edge, glad and rejoicing;
Their blood upon the bare rock, not to be covered:
The father turns, with weeping and wailing,
[To cast] himself upon his sword, to pierce himself and fall,
And he wallows in blood in the middle of the road:
Righteous is her judgment — the fruitful one [Israel] who offered up her branches,
And instead of a sprinkling basin she received the blood in her skirts;
She sighs and spreads out her hands:
My calamities — who will console me? Plunder and ruin are intertwined,
When the delight of my eyes was given over to destruction and slaughter;
Was he slain as He slew his slayers?:
My thoughts were terrified, and trembling and breaking seized me;
In one alone was found [the verse] in which there is hope and expectation:
'For this one alone of Yaravam shall come to the grave':
Perfect was he found in all his deeds,
He surrendered his soul to slaughter for fear of His [G‑d's] host,
And he did not even have a burial:
I set my heart to find the measure of these matters;
I know that His judgments are righteous and upright,
And it will be well with those who fear G‑d, who fear before Him:
In His holy ones He puts no trust; He exacts their iniquities to a hair's breadth;
It is a good sign for a person not to be eulogized and buried in the usual way;
He shall not fear in the day of evil:
At this my heart trembles and leaps with anguish,
My mighty ones were crushed and humbled, brought low,
As one falls before the sons of iniquity:
How long will You be as a mighty man who cannot save?
Make known before our eyes the vengeance for Your servants' blood;
G‑d of retribution, L‑rd, G‑d of retribution, appear!
Avenge my vengeance upon my tormentors,
It is a time of vengeance, to judge my cause;
A zealous and avenging G‑d is the L‑rd:
O L‑rd, go forth as a mighty man, and pay what You owe;
Write a receipt, and tear up the bond of debt;
Break the arm of the wicked and the evil one:
From on high, when He kindled fire on the roof,
And the ceiling — a wall of fire guarding round about —
And the dwelling-house: 'He who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution':
And according to their deeds, pay them back, I pray;
Make my enemies fall swiftly and destroy them,
For the L‑rd is a G‑d of recompense; He will surely repay:
Cut off those who hate You; make them drink the cup of poison;
'If [a slave] dies under his hand, he shall surely be avenged' —
Will You not avenge Yourself for such as this?:
Is it not for this that You are called a Man of War,
To destroy Your foes and to take vengeance upon them?
The L‑rd avenges and is full of wrath:
Be zealous for Your Name, for Your own sake, O G‑d,
And for the spilled blood of Your servants, and for the ruins of Ariel [the Temple]
Avenge the vengeance of the Children of Israel.
The drops of my blood, counted one by one —
let their lifeblood spatter on Your garments when You trample [the foe],
He will judge among the nations, filling [the land] with corpses.
I am weary of bearing all the hardship;
hasten my redemption and speed the vision,
for the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redemption has come.
Kinah 30
The heavens of Your dwelling, the skies, serve as Your abode,
filled with Your splendor,
yet they cannot contain You —
how much less this House!
How good and how pleasant
was Your dwelling among companions
on the wings of the cherubim;
since it was in your heart to build the House.
Radiant One, Your love —
yet You have dealt harshly with Your people,
though they are Your inheritance,
and so that it be known that Your Name is called upon the House.
Strangers came there,
and nations called out,
and saw His wonders,
so that they might fear — and the glory of the L‑rd was upon the House.
Because my sins were great,
jealousy consumed me, and [the cry was] "Lay it bare
to the foundation"; the foe made me a desolation
and tore down the House.
Treasured precious things —
they brought them into their temples,
they filled their bellies,
and the priest commanded, and they emptied the House.
Why has [wrath] been poured out?
It has not abated.
Why has our Rock done thus
to this land and to this House?
The place where my Kohanim drew near
and sanctified themselves there —
now they have trampled it; throngs of nations raged,
they surrounded the House.
A Heavenly voice responds:
"Why do you wonder?
You brought in the image of jealousy as an affront,
and something like a plague has appeared to Me in the House.
The resting-place of Him who fills the world,
who dwells in His Sanctuary —
would you bring trouble upon Him?
The blind and the lame shall not enter the House.
Because you acted corruptly, evils have found you;
the Sanctuary was profaned, and behold, diminishings
were set upon the House."
May the Holy One reconsider;
truly, shame is ours;
may He send healing,
and not lay sin upon us,
and may He purify the House.
With a spring opened up
and rising over the bank,
bearing new fruit every month
and its leaves for healing,
from beneath the threshold of the House.
Have compassion on the ruined city;
in place of the blaze that burned it,
a wall of fire will surround it,
and You will be the glory within it,
in the inner sanctum of the House.
Scatter and remove impurity from Your House, my King;
the idols shall utterly pass away, and You will proclaim "I am":
"I have cleared the House."
Sanctify the House of my dwelling,
and return to my lodging place,
and my legions will be gathered in,
and behold, the glory of the L‑rd comes into the House.
Kinah 31
Arranged according to the alef-beis at the beginning of the verses:
A fire burns within me when I call to mind — when I went out of Egypt;
I will rouse lamentations, so that I may recall — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Then Moshe sang a song that will not be forgotten — when I went out of Egypt.
And Yirmeyahu lamented and wailed a bitter wail — when I went out of Jerusalem.
My House was established and the cloud rested [upon it] — when I went out of Egypt.
And the wrath of G‑d rested upon me like a cloud — when I went out of Jerusalem.
The waves of the sea roared and stood up like a wall — when I went out of Egypt.
The wicked swept over me and flooded over my head — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Grain from heaven, and a rock that flowed with water — when I went out of Egypt.
Wormwood and bitterness, and bitter waters — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Rising early and staying late around Mount Chorev — when I went out of Egypt.
Called to mourning by the rivers of Babylon — when I went out of Jerusalem.
And the appearance of the glory of the L‑rd like a consuming fire before me — when I went out of Egypt.
And a sharpened sword, left free for slaughter — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Sacrifice and meal-offering, and the anointing oil — when I went out of Egypt.
G‑d's treasured people taken like sheep to the slaughter — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Festivals and Sabbaths, wonders and signs — when I went out of Egypt.
Fasting and mourning, and the pursuit of vanity — when I went out of Jerusalem.
How goodly the tents of the four banners — when I went out of Egypt.
The tents of Ishmaelites and the camps of the uncircumcised — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Jubilee and Sabbatical year, and a land at peace — when I went out of Egypt.
Sold in perpetuity, and written a bill of divorce — when I went out of Jerusalem.
The cover and the Ark, and the stones of remembrance — when I went out of Egypt.
And slingstones, and instruments of destruction — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Levi'im and the sons of Aharon, and seventy elders — when I went out of Egypt.
Oppressors and tormentors, sellers and buyers — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Moshe shepherded me and Aharon led me — when I went out of Egypt.
And Nebuchadnezzar the evil, and Titus the wicked — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Let us wage war, for the L‑rd is there — when I went out of Egypt.
He is far from us, and behold, He is not there — when I went out of Jerusalem.
The hidden recesses of the curtain, and the arrangements of the [showbread] rows — when I went out of Egypt.
Wrath poured out, entangling me — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Burnt-offerings and sacrifices, and fire-offerings of pleasing aroma — when I went out of Egypt.
Pierced by the sword, the precious children of Zion — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Splendid headdresses, fashioned for glory — when I went out of Egypt.
Hissing and jeering, for disgrace and horror — when I went out of Jerusalem.
The golden headplate, and dominion and pride — when I went out of Egypt.
Help is gone, and the crown is cast down — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Holiness and prophecy, and the awesome Shechinah — when I went out of Egypt.
Defiled and rebellious, ailing and impure — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Song of joy and salvation, and trumpets sounding — when I went out of Egypt.
The cry of the infant with the groan of the slain — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Table and Menorah, whole-offering and incense — when I went out of Egypt.
And idol and abomination, graven image and pillar — when I went out of Jerusalem.
Torah and testimony, and the precious vessels — when I went out of Egypt.
Gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee — when I return to Jerusalem.
Kinah 32
My fingers have sunk low and my foundations have fallen — woe!
The children of Zion have gone into exile, and all my enemies are at ease — woe, what has befallen us!
The House and its courtyards poured out on the day of wrath — woe!
The faces of princes and princesses like the bottoms of [blackened] pots — woe, what has befallen us!
The crowning bowl broken like a [shattered] jar — woe!
The crown of glory dragged to the ground — woe, what has befallen us!
The roads of the city mourn, and the sounds have ceased — woe!
The paved paths are dark and gloomy — woe, what has befallen us!
The Sanctuary and its walls — my innards churn over them — woe!
And over the Table and its vessels, and the robe with its hem — woe, what has befallen us!
The hooks of the pillars in the hands of the sons of slaves — woe!
And the surrounding terraces, many and honored — woe, what has befallen us!
Sacrifices and meal-offerings turned to ruin and banishment — woe!
The splendor of the altars in grief and sighing — woe, what has befallen us!
The rampart and the lattice-fence given to sword and slaughter — woe!
The finely woven structure threshed as with a sledge — woe, what has befallen us!
The inspected lambs are gone from me — woe!
And the arranged rings, and the splendid low pillars — woe, what has befallen us!
The beauty of the pool — how it is overturned — woe!
And the vine and the curtain, and the well-mixed meal-offering — woe, what has befallen us!
The laver with its base — you glance at it and it is no more — woe!
The lamp with its oil taken from its place — woe, what has befallen us!
The showbread — raise lamentations over it — woe!
And the rows of pomegranates given over to be trampled — woe, what has befallen us!
The pure Menorah — its light is gone — woe!
And the precious shovel taken away and missing — woe, what has befallen us!
The beauty of the copper Sea given to the worshippers of shame — woe!
And the netted work, and the pan-made cakes — woe, what has befallen us!
Fine flour and libations withheld from us — woe!
And Boaz and Yachin cast to the ground — woe, what has befallen us!
Over the fire-pan and the basin the enemy gnashed his teeth — woe!
Basket and pitcher too he flung away, and flashed his sword — woe, what has befallen us!
Wickets and gates dragged to the ground — woe!
The Tumim and the Urim — how they are hidden away — woe, what has befallen us!
The diadem of the wrappings thrust aside in enmity — woe!
The beautiful chambers, and the chamber of the knives — woe, what has befallen us!
The shielded wall battered down, the cry going up to the mountain — woe!
And they hurled rebellion and burned the Temple — woe, what has befallen us!
The heads of the priestly watches entangled in troubles — woe!
And the officers over tens in the hands of men with rods — woe, what has befallen us!
The gate of the populous city [given] to wolves of the evening — woe!
They took the cherubim, drums and flutes — woe, what has befallen us!
The lovely chambers [given over] to the hated sons — woe!
Those valued like fine gold [given over] to the weasels of the enemies — woe, what has befallen us!
The precious children pierced by swords — woe!
The singing Levi'im and the Kohanim burning incense — woe, what has befallen us!
Youths and young priests [given] to arrows and spears — woe!
Firstborn and tenderly raised children sighing in grief — woe, what has befallen us!
And they flung away the keys when they saw that they were stricken — woe!
They wasted away in iniquity and clapped their hands — woe, what has befallen us!
Spoons and bowls cut off from me — woe!
And my children groan in a faraway land — woe, what has befallen us!
The debt of the Living One was exacted, and the pure headplate was taken captive — woe!
The western lamp went out, and the rejoicing of the water-drawing — woe, what has befallen us!
The wicked, children of luxury, [rose] over the sons of "Who can count" — woe!
The splendor of the priestly garments was given into their hands — woe, what has befallen us!
The incense is gone, and the Ark and its cover — woe!
You who measured [the heavens] with the span, gather the scattered one — let there be salvation for us!
Kinah 33
Composed by Rabbi Menachem ben Machir, arranged according to the alef-beis; at the end is signed: "I, Menachem the foreigner, son of Rabbi Machir."
I will rouse mourning and drag out grief — woe is me!
With weeping I will be embittered, by the wrath of the foe who made my ways astray — alas for me!
The exile has grown long, and my heart has grown faint — woe is me!
He trod and crushed; he did not rest — he entangled [my path] and roasted his prey — alas for me!
Is it not enough that those who made me abhorrent have profaned my Sanctuary — woe is me!
They despised my holy things; they began from my Sanctuary, and my holy ones crawled in fear — alas for me!
At the time of the year [4]856, in the eleventh year of the 256th cycle — woe is me!
Armies armed themselves, they cleared out their place, they were numerous as locusts — alas for me!
They sought [to spread] error and made my yoke hard — woe is me!
They clanged their [false] worship, struck their signs [of the cross], and made me crooked — alas for me!
They spurned ransom and robbed lives — woe is me!
My Levi'im were trampled, my Kohanim put to shame, my modest women violated — alas for me!
Men slain by the sword, cast down without cause — woe is me!
The corpses of the wholehearted, without blemish, lay desolate — alas for me!
Dragged and cast away, naked and soiled — woe is me!
The worshippers of Molech, the army of the quarrelsome king, ruled over the district — alas for me!
Uncovering and rending [of the scroll] — of the perfect Torah — woe is me!
The foe with a high hand — the impoverished one declared the holy portion to be destroyed — alas for me!
The voice of the synagogues and the houses of wisdom — woe is me!
Compassionate women with their own clean hands [made] sacrifices of their children — alas for me!
Peace-offerings and burnt-offerings, bridegrooms and brides — woe is me!
Thanksgivings and mingled offerings, young men and maidens and the finest of the communities — alas for me!
Brothers together — their blood was spilled as one — woe is me!
So too sisters in dread, in awe of the singular Name, united for slaughter — alas for me!
Those learned in the Book, evening and morning — woe is me!
The palate of fair words filled with gravel and ash, and where is the one who weighs and counts? — alas for me!
Has such a thing been from of old? A fierce nation rose up — woe is me!
It dared to destroy, and gathered a brazen people, the sons of base and foreign-tongued men — alas for me!
It sought uprooting, only to uproot and destroy — woe is me!
With the measuring-line of the deceitful Aramean, the Aramean plotted to uproot and to leave no bone till morning — alas for me!
He who keeps the covenant — had He not left a remnant in a foreign valley — woe is me!
Like the outrageous [destroyer]; but the beloved Hebrew [people] — He had mercy and spared them from being cut off, and there is hope and a future.
Kinah 34
On the day I made my burden heavy and my iniquities were doubled,
when I laid a hand on the blood of a prophet — and it came into the Sanctuary of the L‑rd, and the earth did not cover it until the sword of my tormentors came, and it did not rest until the blood of the prophet Zechariah was avenged; and He increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and moaning. It kept seething and storming until the chief executioner came and entered the Sanctuary of the L‑rd and found blood seething. He asked the priests who offered sacrifices about it, and they answered him that this was the blood of the sacrificial offerings. He tested it with the blood of bulls, the blood of rams and the blood of fatlings, and they also slaughtered many sacrifices to search out what it was; and He increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and moaning. Yet with all this it did not rest, but was still like the tossing sea. The matter was investigated and found to be clear: that it was the blood of the man of G‑d, uprooted for no wrong. Nebuzaradan said, "His blood too, behold, is being required. Gather the priests for me and bring them out of the House of G‑d,
for I will not rest until the blood of the prophet Zechariah rests"; and He increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and moaning.
He stabbed elders by the hundreds and young men by the tens of thousands,
and brought down to slaughter the Kohanim of the L‑rd of hosts,
and still the prophet's blood did not rest; and it became a wonder
and a sign — the sons being slaughtered while the fathers' eyes looked on,
and their mothers too came after them to the slaughter.
And I said to my soul: This is your sin, and this is its fruit;
and He increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and moaning.
He went on to kill women with nursing infants,
and the blood rose among them like the blood of the river of Egypt,
until Nebuzaradan lifted his heart to heaven
and said: "Is it not enough with the daughters of Jerusalem?
Will You make an end of the remnant of the captivity?"
and He increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and moaning.
Kinah 35
You who are drunk, but not from wine, cast away your drums;
make yourself bald and shear [your hair], and disfigure your face;
raise a lament upon the bare heights, and go around all your borders,
and cry out before the L‑rd over the destruction of your thresholds;
over the ruin of your thresholds, lift up your palms to Him.
How the enemy has broken into Zion, the royal city!
How the foot of the wicked treads the land of beauty!
When they came, they found Kohanim guarding the arrangement [of the service],
and they stood at their watches and did not abandon the service of the Queen [of Heaven's King],
until their blood was spilled like the waters of the overturned [Sodom];
and every uncircumcised and impure one came within the curtain,
the place where the Kohen Gadol feared to go.
And they laid waste your branches and the windows of your lintels;
and cry out before the L‑rd over the destruction of your thresholds;
over the ruin of your thresholds, [lift up] your palms to Him.
The voice of the wailing of the daughter of Zion is heard from afar;
she cries out the cry of Cheshbon, she weeps the weeping of Meifa'as:
"Alas, for I have drunk a cup and drained its dregs;
two lions with sharp fangs have devoured me —
the despoiled daughter of Babylon and the wicked daughter of Edom."
Why do you complain, Zion, when your sin is known?
Because of your many iniquities your people went into exile for lack of knowledge,
because you forsook your seers to inquire of your idols.
and cry out before the L‑rd over the destruction of your thresholds;
over the ruin of your thresholds, [lift up] your palms to Him.
Do not rejoice over me, my enemy, because my horn is broken;
for though I have fallen, I have risen, and the L‑rd has helped me.
Behold, the Almighty who scattered me will gather me in,
and my Rock who sold me will redeem me from you,
and my G‑d who troubled me will comfort, comfort, and console me.
Kinah 36
The name of the author: Rabbeinu Yehudah HaLevi.
Zion, will you not ask after the welfare of your captives, who seek your welfare and are the remnant of your flocks?
From west and east, from north and south, receive greetings, far and near, from all your sides;
and the greeting of a captive of longing, who sheds his tears like the dew of Chermon and yearns to have them fall upon your mountains.
To weep for your affliction I am like the jackals; but when I dream of the return of your captivity, I am a harp for your songs.
My heart yearns greatly for Beis El and for Peniel, and for Machanayim and all the places where your pure ones were met [by the Divine];
there the Shechinah dwelt with you, and your Maker opened your gates opposite the gates of heaven.
The glory of the L‑rd alone was your light; no sun, moon or stars were your luminaries.
I would choose for my soul to pour itself out in the place where the spirit of G‑d was poured out upon your chosen ones.
You are the house of royalty and you are the throne of the L‑rd — how then do slaves sit upon the thrones of your nobles?
Would that I could wander in the places where G‑d revealed Himself to your seers and your messengers!
Who will give me wings, that I may wander far, and carry the pieces of my broken heart among your rugged hills!
I would fall on my face upon your land, and greatly cherish your stones, and favor your dust.
How much more when I stand at the graves of my forefathers and am awestruck in Chevron over the choicest of your graves!
I would pass through your forest and your Carmel, and stand in your Gilead, and be awestruck at your mountain of Avarim —
Mount Avarim and Hor HaHar, where the two great lights rest who illuminated and taught you.
The life of souls is the air of your land; the dust of your earth is flowing myrrh, and your rivers are honey from the comb.
It would be sweet to my soul to walk naked and barefoot over the desolate ruins that were your sanctuaries,
in the place of your Ark that was hidden away, and in the place of your cherubim that dwelt in your innermost chambers.
I would shear and cast off the splendor of my crown of hair and curse the time that profaned your Nazirites in an impure land.
How can it be pleasant for me to eat and drink while I see dogs dragging your young lions?
Or how can the light of day be sweet to my eyes while I still see in the mouths of ravens the carcasses of your eagles?
Cup of sorrows, slowly! Let up a little, for my loins and my soul are already filled with your bitterness.
When I remember Oholah, I drink your wrath; and when I remember Oholivah, I drain your dregs.
Zion, perfect in beauty, you have bound love and grace to yourself from of old, and the souls of your companions are bound up with you;
they rejoice in your tranquility, are pained by your desolation, and weep over your ruins.
From the pit of captivity they long for you, and each bows down from his place toward your gates —
the flocks of your multitude, who were exiled and scattered from mountain to hill, yet have not forgotten your fences;
who hold on to your hems and strive to go up and grasp the branches of your palms.
Can Shinar and Pasros compare to you in their greatness? Can their vanity be likened to your Tumim and Urim?
To whom can your anointed ones be compared, to whom your prophets, to whom your Levi'im and your princes?
All the kingdoms of idolatry will change and pass away entirely; your strength is forever, your crowns for all generations.
Your G‑d desired you as a dwelling place; happy is the man He chooses and brings near, to dwell in your courtyards!
Happy is he who waits, and arrives and sees your light rise, and your dawns break forth over him,
to see the good of your chosen ones and to exult in your joy when you return to your youth of old!
Kinah 37
Zion, take all the balm of Gilead for your pains — it is not enough, for your breaches have grown great as the sea.
You are the land of beauty set among the nations, and from Eden, the place of all that is precious, your rivers flow forth.
And it became a sign: Naaman washed his flesh in the waters of the Jordan and was then cured — how much more your pure ones!
The dust of your land cannot even be valued in gold and fine gold; the quarry of your mountains is precious as diamond.
All delights are in your unripe fruit, before it has set the teeth on edge; indeed your bitter herbs are sweet as honeycomb.
Your fruit is for healing and every leaf a remedy; and were not your forests like the forest of honey?
Your people made a covenant with the serpents, and there was no adversary; even your young lions made peace with them.
In you every beast and bird grew wise, until, as in former times with the donkey of the son of Ya'ir, so were your donkeys.
In you is G‑d alone and there is none besides Him, and your fame went forth, for the Name of the G‑d of truth became known through your songs.
How good and pleasant when the tribes of the children of Yaakov came within your gates three times every year!
In you was the secret of the Torah and the secret of wisdom; the people of the east and the sages of Sheba came to copy your books.
A king was in your midst, and in you were captains of armies with every weapon, and your nobles prevailed over every nation.
Officers throughout the borders, judges in every city — they were true elders, and there is no teacher like your teachers.
In the days of their youth they were chosen to be holy to G‑d; and your young men were disciples of the prophets, children of the living G‑d.
In you the season was weighed on the line of truth; the measure of the years of each generation [was set] by your two Adars.
The birth of the moon according to your length, and the vision set according to your breadth; and by it you revealed your secrets.
Orion is seen in Tammuz rising in you, for all the rest of the months, except this one, it is in your chambers.
Where is your inner sanctum, the place of the Ark? Where is the splendor of the Sanctuary and the altars? Where are your courtyards?
Where is your anointed one who would atone for your people? What has become of the children of Kehas? Where are your Nazirites?
Where are the prophets, children of the Most High? And all your counselors are lost, and your kings and princes have gone into captivity.
You were fair in elevation at the head of the world, your cypresses [raised] as a banner; your sin alone [lopped] your boughs and cut short your harvest.
The land rejected you, foreign waters swept over you, every wind scattered you, and fire burned in your cities.
You rebelled against your Rock, who guarded you from the foe; then strangers troubled you, and you were among those who troubled you.
G‑d exalted you until you were called Ariel — how then has a lion passed through your pasture, tearing your flocks?
Return to G‑d, your Husband; give Him no rest until His glory returns and until He rebuilds your walls.
My soul yearns greatly to see the radiance of your splendor; may there be peace for you and abundant peace for those who help you.
Kinah 38
Zion, crown of beauty, joy of your multitudes, receive peace like a river from your Master.
The mighty ones of the heavens who guard the walls and rampart will seek, night and day, the peace of your camps;
also those scattered to all four corners — they seek your welfare, your daughters and your sons.
Those who dwell in the graves wait and look forward to the day of your salvation, and then your sleepers will sprout forth and live.
And as for me, when I ask after your welfare, I will call aloud from the mountaintops, and be like a bird upon your verdant trees.
Peace to Zion, abode of righteousness, and peace upon your rampart and walls, precious with your stones of pearl.
Peace to the land of beauty, peace to all the borders, Gilead and Shomron, and all the rest of your neighbors.
Zion, were you not once fair to behold? How have your form and your face turned black?
Like the daughters of kings you were wrapped in honor and praise — how then do you gird sackcloth on your loins and hips?
My bread is sighing when you adorn yourself with ashes instead of splendor, and I drink my sorrow over your sorrows.
Arise, let us raise a lament and weep tears like the sea; let rivers flow from my eyes to your eyes,
over your widowhood, for your Beloved has gone away and laid waste His inner sanctum and all your hidden treasures.
When I see your beauty I summon singers with song; when I behold your affliction I summon your lamenters.
I would choose that the pelican and the owl dwell in you — but woe to me that Edom and Arabia have nested in your nests!
City of royalty of David and his son Shlomo, you were built, and they were your founders of old.
You are the Sanctuary of G‑d, you are the resting place of the Rock, you are where He descended day by day into your gardens.
There were the Table and the Menorah and the Ark of the Covenant; G‑d lodged in your lodgings between the breasts of love.
At your altar the Kohanim stood ministering with sacrifice and burnt-offering, to atone for your iniquities.
The head of the priesthood, clothed in the ephod and precious garments — the sound of your bells was heard on the hem of the robe.
Once a year he went within, into the chambers of the inner sanctum, bringing incense, a full handful, your fistfuls.
Cassia and cane and all the finest spices — as far as the city of palms came the fragrance of your oils.
The Levi'im too, who guarded the gates, and also the singers, with song in their mouths and all your joyous melodies;
opposite them the men of the Maamad arranged prayer, and your multitudes went up to you at all your appointed times.
In you were the prophets, who were in the counsel of G‑d; in you were the sages of astronomy, and in you your seventy elders.
Your land was filled with ten degrees of holiness, and with every tithe and terumah, and the choicest of your grain.
Now it is desolate, without sons and daughters; where are your king, your prophet, your Levi'im and your Kohanim?
When will they return and come within your tent — they who long to dwell beneath your clouds?
Would that I were there when you give birth to children, like Shifrah and Puah, a midwife at your birthstool!
Would that I were there at the time I long for, the day your Bridegroom comes and you, the bride, put on your ornaments!
My heart longs to embrace in my arms the dust of your land, and I yearn to kiss your stones with my mouth.
When I see you rebuilt with turquoise and antimony, and the height of your rays seen to the north and the west,
I yearn and long for consolation, when my ears and your ears will hear the words of the herald.
Awaken to greet your Beloved, and shake yourself from the dust when He returns to your dwellings.
Kinah 39
Zion, lament over your House that was burned; cry out bitterly over your desolate vines.
Zion, rouse yourself like a widow who has become subject to tribute to all passers-by because of your many iniquities.
Upon the hills raise a lament and bitter wailing, and a cry with a loud voice, for your multitudes have been struck down.
How the children of Zion were made a reproach to Moav in wrath, because of your great pride; call out to your lamenters.
Raise wailing and lament, Zion, in bitterness, and a cry and weeping of desolation over your desolate dwellings.
Lament and do not silence your voice; with weeping bear the pestilence and sword that were sent against your camps.
They hunted [us] like a bird, and there was no helper against them, who spread nets to expose your shame.
How He cast down the glory of Israel and did not remember the oath He made to those who nurtured you.
Let your voice be like the howling of jackals, O abode of Yaakov; raise weeping and lament over your many complaints.
Cut off your hair and cast it upon your head on the ground; bind sackcloth, gird it upon your loins.
Lament your transgression and give yourself no rest; raise a lament upon the bare heights because of your many oppressors.
Land of beauty, beauty of hosts, rouse lament and wailing upon the bare heights, in place of your joys.
Kings lamented and officers wailed, all the east and all the west, over your garments.
Strip off your robe and cast it to the ground; gird on sackcloth, and moan beneath your sheets.
Young man and elder, infant and suckling, raise bitter mourning for the soul before the eyes of all your elders.
Zion, has not your joy passed away like thorns upon water, and been overturned because of your many willful sins?
The luminaries and all the skies have grown dark, and every road is very dark, closed before you.
For the skies have become very strange and withdrawn their light, before all the tumult over your many sorrows.
Zion, sound the shofar on mountain and hill; see, cry out bitterly and weep over the death of your lords.
They sent your spoil into the fire, Zion, to be trampled; have not your gates sunk into the ground, with your sockets?
Behold, the daughter of Judah is given over to be trampled, and there is none to restore her soul, over the desolation of your rich places.
Zion, weep bitterly, for there is no comforter; for He who would comfort your tested ones has gone far from near.
Your voice is like the voice of the sea, of the jackal and the ostrich, and the sound of wailing and weeping that is in place of your thorns.
Zion, lift your eyes on high and see; mourn and wail, for your fig trees have forsaken you.
Zion, lament to the Patriarchs and ask about the foundation of your House, and also your help, the strength of your leaders.
Go to the cave [of Machpelah]; cry out bitterly and weep, for your daughters, your sons and your descendants have been afflicted.
Sarah, when she hears your voice, also weeps over the children who were taken captive to all your neighbors.
Rachel and Leah weep; Bilhah and Zilpah, do they not lament and call out with a voice — "Strike your face!"?
For G‑d, the Eternal One, will not cast off forever; for there is hope, and abundant peace for your children.
Kinah 40
Zion, beloved of the Beloved, youngest of your princes — you were the dwelling place of His writings, in the great humility of your glory.
Zion, the splendor of every bridal chamber and every couch of love, when your Beloved came into your innermost chambers.
Zion, a supreme blessing upon your head; your gates hewn out opposite you.
Zion, inherited by the evening wolf, your glory taken captive — [you who were adorned] with finest ornaments, until your crowns were raised high.
You were beautiful with great wealth, grace you multiplied in knowledge; behold, your youths were wiser than the elders of Tzoan.
You were perfect in beauty, comely in all praise; you rose up and took captive the spoil of the kings who dwelt near you.
In you, in spaciousness, a man lodged without sin, atoned for by the offering of your daily sacrifices, which atoned for you.
You were founded with radiance for splendor; you were destroyed in the midst of Av; in anger I long for this — I draw the waters of your bitterness.
In your city the face of the Owner was seen by the sons of the camp; the favor of Him who dwelt in the bush [was found] in your two courtyards.
Those who did your work for pay grew rich with possessions; all precious wealth was found for the assembly of your rich ones.
Your place was chosen by the Rock; He chose the nation of His chosen ones, He chose your offspring, and the Kohanim, your chosen ones.
In you He dwelt with gladness, glorious; He glorified you in every generation; your value [was shown] when He came to tend the flocks of your companions.
Your border went up along the side of Yevus, not to Ein Eitam, so as not to bear the shoulders of your inner sanctums.
The L‑rd called your name for the sake of two Kohanim; David found you with strength in the field of your forests.
His son built your abode and dedicated you; name by name, [like] his father who preceded him, is sealed in your songs.
In the thoughts of your Creator you arose before the creation of the world, the heavens, and the earth upon your dust.
In the waters of strife, on the day of wrath, then your land was pure and was not rained upon when your creatures perished.
The rain of your land fell in its time, at night it came for blessing, and dew lodged on your harvests.
You were to set the circle of the foundation; from you came the testimony and the secret of the sanctification of your new moon, according to the witnesses who intercalated your years.
Sons and daughters longed with desire; they played in the marketplace, and your passers-by moved to and fro in the procession.
Your Nazirites were pure — in the festival they were wondrous as fine gold, wondrous in abundance and in fine robes, filled with dew of light and grace.
How can I rejoice any more at a festival, how can I exult any more at Purim, until days of gladness come for your lots?
Your very precious land is not desired when cherished children go up to the beloved House of your dwelling.
The cloud of incense has gone up from the place of your Sanctuary; in its place has come forth the smoke of fire from your nostrils.
When evildoers came near the city, they sent [fire] into your vineyard in the city; they laid bare and stirred up [destruction] in the holy city, in your cities.
Iron — its sound was not heard when you were built; how then did your oppressors thrust their swords of rock into you?
For this the Hebrews pass by in sackcloth; but they trust that, after the turtledove's time, they will rejoice in your turtledoves.
With wailing at my voice, my G‑d, how can You restrain Yourself? Has not the Master of your youth called for sackcloth and weeping?
The faint heart grows sick, it pines with longing; it will sleep until the pillar of your dawn rises.
I will rise at midnight, at the watches of the darkness, [to call] upon His Name, until morning comes with light for your watchmen.
Then you will find honey from the comb; then you will no longer lament at the head [of the streets], when you are established at the top of the mountains of your hills.
The glory of Lebanon will come to you, and you will be made white like the flocks, the flocks of your folds.
Awake and shake yourself off; He will lay bare your foe, will shake out the shaken; a youth will mark a sign on the tree of the forest of your boars.
Arise and shine for all who desire your light, they who walk in darkness until your luminaries shine.
Zion, may you yet be a landmark and a sign of strength, a banner to the peoples, and may the feet of your heralds be raised high.
Strip off the ornament of poverty and put on your garment of crimson, like a bride with her ornaments, to bind your sashes.
Do not say to me that you have grown old for being with a husband; you will yet be rejuvenated, drawing out the breast for your young.
You will bear your delightful children in a time of rejuvenation; you will be renewed in youth like your eagles.
May the Rock who formed you incline your inclination to good and guard you; may you be preserved as a city joined together for your teachers.
May He redeem with strength from captivity, from the hand of the boar who hewed you, and may the crown of beauty be for the remnant of your flocks.
Kinah 41
Ask, you who are burned in fire, after the welfare of your mourners, who long to dwell in the courtyard of your abode;
who pant for the dust of the land, who are pained and astonished at the burning of your scrolls;
who walk in darkness without brightness, and hope for daylight to shine upon them and upon you;
and the welfare of the sighing man, who weeps with a broken heart, always lamenting the pangs of your agony;
who moans like jackals and ostriches, and raises a bitter lament on your account.
How is it that you, given in a consuming fire, are consumed by the fire of flesh, and strangers were not scorched by your coals?
How long will the pampered one dwell in great tranquility, while the faces of my blossoms are covered with your nettles?
She sits in great arrogance to judge the children of G‑d in all the judgments, and brings [them] into your court.
She even decrees to burn the fiery law and statutes — therefore, happy is he who will repay you your due!
My Rock, was it for this that He gave you with torch and fire — that in the end fire would blaze in your hems?
Sinai, was it for this that G‑d chose you and spurned the great [mountains], and shone forth within your borders —
to be a sign for the Torah, that it would be diminished and descend from its glory? Behold, I will speak your parable:
a parable of a king who wept at his son's wedding feast, foreseeing that he would die; so are you in your words.
Instead of a robe, Sinai, cover your garment with sackcloth; wrap yourself in widow's garb, change your garments.
I will shed tears until they become like a stream and reach the graves of your two noble princes,
Moshe and Aharon on Hor HaHar, and I will ask: Is there a new Torah, that your scrolls were therefore burned?
In the third month [the Torah was given], and in the fourth there was conspiracy to destroy your delight and all the beauty of your perfection.
He [Moshe] broke the Tablets, and [the fool] repeated it in his folly — burning the law in fire: is this the double payment due you?
I wonder at myself: how can food be sweet to my palate after I have seen how they gathered your spoil
into the midst of her square like an outcast, and burned the spoil of the Most High, whom your assembly despised to enter?
I know not how to find the way of your highways; the straight paths of your roads have become mournful.
Sweeter than honey in my mouth would be to mix my drink with tears, and for my feet to be bound in your fetters.
Sweet to my eyes to draw out the waters of my tears until they are spent for all who grasp the hem of your robe;
yet they dry up as they run down my cheeks, because my compassion is stirred for the wandering of your Master.
He has taken the bundle of His money, He has gone on a far journey, and with Him, have not your shadows fled?
And I, like one bereaved and forlorn, am left alone of them, like a mast on the top of the mountain of your towers.
I will no longer hear the voice of singing men and women, for the strings of your drums and flutes are torn.
I will put on and cover myself with sackcloth, for precious to me, numerous as the sand, are the souls of your slain.
I wonder greatly at the light of day that shines on all; it should grow dark for me and for you.
Cry out with a bitter voice to the Rock over your breaking and your sickness — would that He remember the love of your bridal days!
Gird on sackcloth over the burning that went forth to divide and consumed your heaps.
According to the days of your affliction may the Rock comfort you, and restore the captivity of the tribes of Yeshurun, and raise up your lowly ones.
You will yet adorn yourself in crimson ornaments, take up the drum, go forth in dance, and rejoice in your dances.
My heart will be lifted up when the Rock shines for you and lights up your darkness, and your gloom is made bright.
Kinah 42
Zion, crown of splendor, joy of your bands, cry out in Ramah with your voice over your lost ones;
[go] to the built [city] to beseech and plead with G‑d to set peace for her and also for the children of your chosen ones.
The Husband of your choice, whose love was yours, has turned stranger against you and also against your troops.
[His love] was engraved and carved on the tablet of the heart; then you rested securely in tranquility, settled upon your dwellings.
Speak upright words to your friends, to intercede for you; let the voice of your splendor even chirp, to raise it up.
Bring back your Beloved to your bed, to lodge in your shade and to stroll in the hedged garden of your roses.
He was pledged to you with a dowry, betrothal and marriage contract, to help you; and behold, the clarification of your endowments.
Did you not bear to your Husband offspring and well-formed children? How then were you bereaved of all your pious ones?
He slipped away and passed on and departed from you, yet you were not sent away; no bill of divorce for your harried ones came into your hand.
He pleads the plea of a rebellious, refusing wife; therefore you were mocked, and the people of your beloved ones was brought low.
You were made to sit solitary and silent, for the shame of your hems was laid bare; you were exposed, and your honored ones were diminished.
All who held fast to your crown went out from you, driven and hurried, and they became [scattered] apart from you.
Is not my heart pierced without respite, for the sweetness of your choice fruits has been made bitter and changed to bitterness?
Full of tears like waters that overflow, my cheeks are filled with tears, and all the eyes of your leaders.
My soul faints when I remember your fire — was it not extinguished, so that they could not bake your fine flour?
The support of raisin cakes [is now] diluted with water, and the cattle of your servants' sacrifices are gone from the stalls.
Your foundation was hoed and plowed into an unworked and fallow field; the fire licked up and consumed the iron around you.
Trembling and anguish have clothed me when I see my tormentors at ease, while they hunt your steps.
I cry out to the lamenting women to weep, and bitterly to wail a bitter wail: woe over your destruction!
The days of my affliction are light when I behold your affliction: the watchmen found you and took away your veils.
My bones shudder over the precious children, burned like lime in the fire, the firebrands of your survivors.
My enemies were diligent and set ablaze the parchments of the Torah; woe, how your testimonies are likened to a hammer!
My heart is astonished that, in an impure land, [blood] was accepted as a freewill-offering, as the pouring of the wine of your daily offerings.
Zion, how long will you put your hand to your mouth? How have your leaders fallen into the hand of your enemy!
Lost from you are your children, precious as fine gold; for this, in bitterness, weep the wailing of your homeless ones.
How the time of your giving birth is delayed! How long will you be bound in the agony of the pangs that grip you?
All women give birth after nine months — how then have your years grown so many since you conceived your children?
Sing out to the Watchman who looses the pains of the doe; He will release your pangs upon the spread of your couches.
He reckons the time for the mountain goats to give birth — has He not reckoned your time, to remove all your terrors?
Appointed in His hand is the key of four locked things; so too He will open the hidden treasuries of your endowments.
He will sound a call to gather the faithful; then He will open His doors and appoint them over your keys.
Zion, they are made [weary] in your pain, and in your beauty they are made to think of when the sun of your rays will shine.
Zion, with an offering they will appease the face of your anger; then those who make you tremble will bow down at the soles of your feet.
Zion, put on your ornaments, the embroidery of your garments, and also strength and might, the splendor of your precious garments.
Kinah 43
Zion, go to judgment with your soothsayers; they led you astray with falsehood and did not expose your iniquities.
Indeed, the sons of wickedness afflicted you and took possession of you, abode of righteousness, and you became a laughingstock to all your neighbors.
You despised your teacher and did not listen to your instructor for good, while your Holy One dwelt in your land, in your lodgings.
You exposed your shame, your impurity was on your hems, and you also defiled your ways; you greatly multiplied your harlotries.
Did you not walk in the way of your sister, and stray in her harlotry, and lead your daughters and sons astray?
You were struck and smitten beyond healing, and cast down like the mire of the streets; behold, you are a laughingstock to the sons of your oppressors.
You became a song in the mouth of rebellious, wicked men, who said to your soul, "Bow down," smashing your teeth.
Remember, afflicted one, with a broken heart, and cry out against your smiter and oppressor who cut off your horns.
Wait truly for G‑d, your Rock and your Creator, and hope for your King alone, for He is your Master.
Purify your heart and your hands, and return to your Husband, your Holy One, and multiply your songs to Him.
Day and night raise your voice in bitter weeping over the royal city and over the mound of your palaces.
Honor and splendor and great beauty were within you — was not your Holy One found [there]? Yet behold, He was handed over to your enemies.
Why [have you become] heaps, a lair of jackals, a possession of the pelican of the desert, and also pools of water [in place of] your springs?
You refused to heed the voice of the chastisement of the One who chastised you; therefore you drank and drained your oils, your dregs.
Before the face of the Most High pour out your heart like the waters of a river, and give no rest to your eyes.
Go around and moan in the city; call the lamenting women, and all the women who weep a great weeping, your lamenters.
The ornament of your King's turban — how long will it be trampled? How long will the children of nobles, your officers, be in the hand of the foe?
Lebanon, open your gates, which have sunk into the land of forgetfulness, and there is no lodging for your Kohanim.
Zion, raise a bitter wail over them and do not be silent; gather and assemble your old women and old men.
Make yourself bald and shear [your hair] like an eagle over your delightful children, and over all your princes and rulers.
Your adversaries rose and grew great like waves in the heart of the sea, in the night when the rows of your stones were plundered.
Your lodging was plundered and all your precious delights, without the Urim and Tumim that revealed your hidden things.
Tavor and Carmel are like the mountains of Gilboa, without your dew and your rain, and no light in your clouds.
Zion, forget your sorrow; purify and sanctify yourself, put on precious ornaments, the cleansing of your oils.
Zion, the days of your mourning will be ended in gladness and joy, for your iniquity is finished, and double [comfort] for your ruins.
Zion, you will yet be the treasure of kings and provinces; your springs will yet flow with tranquil waters.
Zion, look forward to your redemption; they will yet call you a crown of glory in the mouths of your singers and musicians.
Zion, the Mighty One of Yaakov has commanded blessing and life in you forever, and they will yet say it in your ears.
Zion, a multitude of Kohanim will serve you, and the L‑rd will once again acquire your leaders.
Kinah 44
Zion, mistress of kingdoms, [mistress] of your provinces, receive abundant greetings from your captives.
My heart is pained at the voice that the wild oxen, the children of Seir and Moav, raised in the midst of the Sanctuary of your inner sanctum.
They clothed my anointed ones in the blood of the crowns of the officers' heads, tearing noble and prince, trampling my people, your chosen ones.
Seizing fortified cities, [building] siege-works and ramps, pouring out [destruction], cutting the cedars of Lebanon from the trees of your forests.
The prophets saw falsehood, speaking in the name of the city of the Holy One of Yaakov of peace, yet your wounds were not bound up.
My heart leaps over the Ark and the Mishkan, the golden headplate and the ephod, and the holy Name of your hidden places.
The islands will tell of the mystery with signs and wonders concerning your ruin, and will heal you even double for your breaches.
Sun and all the stars of the sky, be still in the valley; [Zion,] raise your voice in Ramah, the voice of your bitterness.
Moon and Pleiades, Great Bear and Orion — for this let their brightness be dimmed, as the stars of your dawn withdrew [their light].
The rod of the wicked rose up; princes were hanged by their hand; your rejoicing ceased, and the joy and instruments of your songs.
Lebanon mourns, and the joy of Carmel is heard no more; officers were put to shame when the foe came into your gates.
The wisdom of the understanding perished on that day; your leaders were bound, and the children of Zion, your precious ones, were bowed down.
Perfection of kings, the garments of daughters, veils of splendor, coral and crystal, and sapphire too — your polished ones.
Rivers plundered in the midst of the exultant city, whose treasures had no end, and in the end your fences were breached.
Hill and leafy tree, terebinth and oak — a place of abomination — are full of your slain, your corpses.
My innards roar like the sea; my tears flow like the waters of Nimrim, [for] the lions on the day they tore your young lions.
My heart storms like a whirlwind and tempest; like chaff of the threshing floor it is tossed over the guilt of your idol-priests.
My flesh is embittered for the day the Holy One of Yaakov spurned the Sanctuary and altar, with none coming into your courtyards.
You were a choice vine, a pleasant planting; and in the morning, like a budding blossom and flower, you made your branches flourish.
Return, gazelle, to G‑d your Maker; He will establish you for all generations, the Husband of your youth dwelling in your midst.
A lion in your pasture — so that he not go up your highways; and a mighty ship and galley — so that they not pass through your rivers.
My soul has longed to seek your welfare, like clear heat upon light, like a cloud of dew in the heat of the day, [like] a heap of your harvests.
I will rejoice and exult on the day I hear the herald's voice [proclaim] peace — rest, seeking the welfare of your captives.
Kinah 45
Arranged according to the alef-beis after the word "Eli" and after the word "Ve'al":
Wail, Zion and her cities, like a woman in her birth pangs, and like a maiden girded in sackcloth for the husband of her youth;
for the palace that was abandoned because of the guilt of the sheep of her flocks, and for the entry of those who blasphemed G‑d into the midst of the chambers of her Sanctuary;
Wail, Zion and her cities, like a woman in her birth pangs, and like a maiden girded in sackcloth for the husband of her youth;
for the exile of the servants of G‑d, who made pleasant the singing of her songs, and for their blood that was spilled like the waters of her rivers;
Wail, Zion and her cities, like a woman in her birth pangs, and like a maiden girded in sackcloth for the husband of her youth;
for the sound of her dances, which fell silent in her cities, and for the assembly that was laid desolate, and the abolition of her Sanhedrin;
Wail, Zion and her cities, like a woman in her birth pangs, and like a maiden girded in sackcloth for the husband of her youth;
for her daily sacrifices and the redemption of her firstborn, and for the profanation of the vessels of the Sanctuary and the altar of her incense;
Wail, Zion and her cities, like a woman in her birth pangs, and like a maiden girded in sackcloth for the husband of her youth;
for the children of her kings, the sons of David, her nobles, and for their beauty that grew dark when her crowns were removed;
Wail, Zion and her cities, like a woman in her birth pangs, and like a maiden girded in sackcloth for the husband of her youth;
for the glory that went into exile at the destruction of her inner sanctum, and for the oppressor who oppressed and put sackcloth as her girdles;
Wail, Zion and her cities, like a woman in her birth pangs, and like a maiden girded in sackcloth for the husband of her youth;
for the wound and the many blows with which her Nazirites were struck, and for the dashing of her infants and youths upon the rock;
Wail, Zion and her cities, like a woman in her birth pangs, and like a maiden girded in sackcloth for the husband of her youth;
for the joy of her enemies who laughed at her ruin, and for the affliction of the free-born, her noble and pure ones;
Wail, Zion and her cities, like a woman in her birth pangs, and like a maiden girded in sackcloth for the husband of her youth;
for the transgression by which the paved path of her steps was perverted, and for the hosts of her congregations, sunburnt and blackened;
Wail, Zion and her cities, like a woman in her birth pangs, and like a maiden girded in sackcloth for the husband of her youth;
for the voices of those who reviled her when her corpses multiplied, and for the tumult of her blasphemers in the midst of the dwelling of her courtyards;
Wail, Zion and her cities, like a woman in her birth pangs, and like a maiden girded in sackcloth for the husband of her youth;
for Your Name, which was profaned in the mouths of those who rose up to oppress her, and for the supplication they cry out to You — hearken and hear her words.
Wail, Zion and her cities, like a woman in her birth pangs, and like a maiden girded in sackcloth for the husband of her youth;
Kinah "Shomron" until the end
Shomron raises her voice: "My iniquities have found me! My children have gone out from me to another land!"
And Oholivah cries out: "My palaces have been burned!" And Zion said: "The L‑rd has forsaken me!"
"It is not for you, Oholivah, to consider your affliction like my affliction. Would you compare your sickness to my breaking and my sickness?!
I, Oholah, turned aside and betrayed [Him] in my stubbornness,
and my deceit rose up against me, and my rebellion testified against me,
and at the end of days I paid my debt,
and Tiglath-Pileser devoured my fruit,
he stripped off my treasure and plundered my ornaments,
and carried off my captives to Chalach and Chavor.
Be still, Oholivah, and do not weep like my weeping!
Your years were long, but my years were not long!"
And Oholivah cries out: "My palaces have been burned!" And Zion said: "The L‑rd has forsaken me!"
Oholivah replies: "I too was perverse,
and like Oholah I betrayed the Master of my youth.
Be still, Oholah, for I have remembered my sorrow!
You wandered once, but I have wandered many times.
Behold, twice I was captured by the hand of the Chaldeans,
and I went down to Babylon a captive and afflicted,
and the Sanctuary in which I was honored was burned,
and for seventy years I was remembered in Babylon,
and I returned again to Zion and founded the Sanctuary;
yet this time too I did not stand for long,
until Edom took me and I nearly perished,
and my multitudes were scattered over all the lands!"
And Oholivah cries out: "My palaces have been burned!" And Zion said: "The L‑rd has forsaken me!"
You who have compassion on the poor, have compassion on their poverty,
and see their desolation and the length of their exile!
Do not be exceedingly angry, and see their lowliness,
and do not remember forever their iniquity and their folly!
Please heal their breach and comfort their mourning,
for You are their hope and You are their strength!
Renew our days as the days of old, as You have said: "The L‑rd is the Builder of Jerusalem."
How long will there be weeping in Zion and lamenting in Jerusalem? Have compassion on Zion and build the walls of Jerusalem.
Have compassion on Zion as You have said, and establish it as You have spoken.
Hasten salvation and speed the redemption, and return to Jerusalem in abundant mercy.
As it is written by Your prophet: Therefore, thus says the L‑rd: I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; My House shall be built in it, says the L‑rd of hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.
And it is said: Proclaim further, saying: Thus says the L‑rd of hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with good; and the L‑rd will yet comfort Zion and will yet choose Jerusalem.
And it is said: For the L‑rd will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her ruins, and He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the L‑rd; joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the sound of song.