Kaph
“My eyes are spent
With weeping.
My stomach churns.
My bile is poured out
On the ground.
Because of the destruction
Of my people.
Because infants
Faint.
Babies faint
In the streets
Of the city.”
Now this poem turns to the author of this work as he was personally weeping. His stomach was churning, so that he was throwing up. He was upset because of the destruction of his people. Infants and babies were fainting in the streets of this desolate city. Once again, we have a personal bleak picture of the wasted city of Jerusalem describing the remaining helpless young people. This verse starts with the Hebrew consonant letter Kaph. Each verse after this will use the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet in this acrostic poem.
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