# Lamentations · 4

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## Verses

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**Latin**

Aleph:
Quomodo obscuratum est aurum,
mutatus est color optimus !
dispersi sunt lapides sanctuarii
in capite omnium platearum !

**English**

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**Latin**

Beth:
Filii Sion inclyti,
et amicti auro primo :
quomodo reputati sunt in vasa testea,
opus manuum figuli !

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**Latin**

Ghimel:
Sed et lamiæ nudaverunt mammam,
lactaverunt catulos suos :
filia populi mei crudelis
quasi struthio in deserto.

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**Latin**

Daleth:
Adhæsit lingua lactentis
ad palatum ejus in siti ;
parvuli petierunt panem,
et non erat qui frangeret eis.

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**Latin**

He:
Qui vescebantur voluptuose,
interierunt in viis ;
qui nutriebantur in croceis,
amplexati sunt stercora.

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**Latin**

Vau:
Et major effecta est iniquitas filiæ populi mei
peccato Sodomorum,
quæ subversa est in momento,
et non ceperunt in ea manus.

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**Latin**

Zain:
Candidiores Nazaræi ejus nive,
nitidiores lacte,
rubicundiores ebore antiquo,
sapphiro pulchriores.

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**Latin**

Heth:
Denigrata est super carbones facies eorum
et non sunt cogniti in plateis ;
adhæsit cutis eorum ossibus :
aruit, et facta est quasi lignum.

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**Latin**

Teth:
Melius fuit occisis gladio
quam interfectis fame,
quoniam isti extabuerunt consumpti
a sterilitate terræ.

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**Latin**

Jod:
Manus mulierum misericordium
coxerunt filios suos ;
facti sunt cibus earum
in contritione filiæ populi mei.

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**Latin**

Caph:
Complevit Dominus furorem suum,
effudit iram indignationis suæ :
et succendit ignem in Sion,
et devoravit fundamenta ejus.

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**Latin**

Lamed:
Non crediderunt reges terræ,
et universi habitatores orbis,
quoniam ingrederetur hostis et inimicus
per portas Jerusalem.

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**Latin**

Mem:
Propter peccata prophetarum ejus,
et iniquitates sacerdotum ejus,
qui effuderunt in medio ejus
sanguinem justorum.

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**Latin**

Nun:
Erraverunt cæci in plateis,
polluti sunt in sanguine ;
cumque non possent,
tenuerunt lacinias suas.

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**Latin**

Samech:
Recedite polluti, clamaverunt eis ;
recedite, abite, nolite tangere :
jurgati quippe sunt, et commoti dixerunt inter gentes :
Non addet ultra ut habitet in eis.

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**Latin**

Phe:
Facies Domini divisit eos,
non addet ut respiciat eos ;
facies sacerdotum non erubuerunt,
neque senum miserti sunt.

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**Latin**

Ain:
Cum adhuc subsisteremus, defecerunt oculi nostri
ad auxilium nostrum vanum ;
cum respiceremus attenti ad gentem
quæ salvare non poterat.

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**Latin**

Sade:
Lubricaverunt vestigia nostra
in itinere platearum nostrarum ;
appropinquavit finis noster, completi sunt dies nostri,
quia venit finis noster.

**English**

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**Latin**

Coph:
Velociores fuerunt persecutores nostri
aquilis cæli ;
super montes persecuti sunt nos,
in deserto insidiati sunt nobis.

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**Latin**

Res:
Spiritus oris nostri, christus Dominus,
captus est in peccatis nostris,
cui diximus : In umbra tua
vivemus in gentibus.

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**Latin**

Sin:
Gaude et lætare, filia Edom,
quæ habitas in terra Hus !
ad te quoque perveniet calix : inebriaberis,
atque nudaberis.

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**Latin**

Thau:
Completa est iniquitas tua, filia Sion :
non addet ultra ut transmigret te.
Visitavit iniquitatem tuam, filia Edom ;
discooperuit peccata tua.

**English**

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