“How has she been broken down! They shall wail! How has Mo’aḇ
“And Mo’aḇ
“Lament for him, all you who are around him. And all you who know his name, say, ‘How the strong sceptre has been broken, the staff of splendour!’
How alone she sits, The city once great with people! Like a widow she has become, One great among the nations! A princess among provinces has become a slave!
How יהוה in His displeasure Has covered the daughter of Tsiyon with a cloud! He has cast down from the heavens to the earth The comeliness of Yisra’ĕ
How dim the gold has become, The fine gold changed! The stones of the set-apart place Are scattered at the head of every street.