Taw
“Let all their evil doing
Come before you!
Deal with them,
As you have dealt
With me,
Because of all my transgressions.
My groans are many.
My heart is faint.”
A final personal lament from Jerusalem brings this poem to an end. Jerusalem admitted that she had transgressed the law. She spoke with many groans and a faint heart. However, she wanted all the evil doings of others to also come before Yahweh, so that he could deal with them as he had dealt with Jerusalem. This verse starts with the Hebrew consonant letter Taw, the last consonant letter of the Hebrew alphabet in this acrostic poem.
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