He
“Her foes have become
The masters.
Her enemies prosper.
Because Yahweh has
Made her suffer
For the multitude
Of her transgressions.
Her children
Have gone away,
Captives,
Before the foe.”
The foes of Zion have now become the masters of Jerusalem. Her enemies prosper. Zion was suffering because of her many transgressions. Her children have been taken away as captives by their former enemies. This verse starts with the Hebrew consonant letter He. Each verse after this will use the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet in this acrostic poem