17. The Lord has done what he planned;he has fulfilled his promisethat he threatened long ago:He has overthrown you without mercyand has enabled the enemy to gloat over you;he has exalted your adversaries’ power.צ (Tsade)
18. Cry out from your heart to the Lord,O wall of Daughter Zion!Make your tears flow like a riverall day and all night long!Do not rest;do not let your tears stop!ק (Qof)
19. Get up! Cry out in the nightwhen the night watches start! Pour out your heart like waterbefore the face of the Lord!Lift up your hands to himfor your children’s lives;they are fainting at every street corner.ר (Resh)
20. Look, O Lord! Consider!Whom have you ever afflicted like this?Should women eat their offspring,their healthy infants?Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?ש (Sin/Shin)