## Aramaic Targum to Lamentations Chapter 2

###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:1
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:1)

אֵיכְדֵין יְקוּץ יְיָ בִּתְקוֹף רוּגְזֵיהּ יָת כְּנִשְׁתָּא דְצִיּוֹן טְלַק מִשְׁמַיָּא לְאַרְעָא תּוּשְׁבַּחְתָּא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל וְלָא דְכִיר בֵּית מוּקְדְּשָׁא דַהֲוָה גְלוּנְדְקָא דְרִגְלוֹהִי וְלָא חָס עֲלוֹהִי בְּיוֹם תְּקוֹף רְוּגְזֵיהּ:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**How the Lord has detested the Congregation of Zion in his** fierce **anger. He threw down from the heavens to the earth the glory of Israel and he did not remember**the Temple that was**his footstool**nor did he spare it**in the day of his**fierce **anger.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:2
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:2)

שֵׁיצֵי יְיָ וְלָא חָס יָת כָּל עִידִית יַעֲקֹב פַּגֵּר בְּרוּגְזֵיהּ כְּרַכֵּי כְנִשְׁתָּא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה אַמְטֵי לְאַרְעָא אַפֵּיס מַלְכוּתָהָא וְרַבְרְבָנָהָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The Lord destroyed and did not spare any of the choice dwellings of the House of <b>Jacob. In his anger he destroyed the Congregation of the House of Judah and brought them to the ground. He broke the kingdom, crushed her leaders.**</b>


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:3
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:3)

קִצֵּץ בִּתְקוֹף רְגָז יָת כָּל יְקָרֵיהּ דְיִשְׂרָאֵל אַרְתַּע לְאָחוֹרָא יַד יְמִינֵיהּ וְלָא סַיַּע לְעַמֵּיהּ מִן קֳדָם בְּעֵיל דְבָבָא וְאַדְלֵיק בְּבֵית יַעֲקֹב כְּאֶשָּׁתָא דִמְשַׁלְהֲבָא אֲכָלַת חֲזוֹר חֲזוֹר:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**In his fierce anger he cut off all the glory of Israel. He drew back his right hand and did not help his people <b>from before the enemy and he burned in the House of Jacob like a searing fire which consumes on all sides.**</b>


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:4
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:4)

מָתַח קַשְׁתֵּיהּ וּרְגַם עָלַי גִירִין כִּבְעֵיל דְבָבָא אִתְעַתַּד עַל יַד יְמִינֵיהּ דִנְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר וְסַיְעֵיהּ כְּאִלּוּ הֲוָה מָעִיק לְעַמֵּיהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּקְטַל כָּל עוּלֵים וְכָל דִמְרַגְּגִין לַחֲזוֹ עֵינָא בְמַשְׁכַּן כְּנִשְׁתָּא דְצִיּוֹן שְׁדָא כְּבִיעוּר אֶשָּׁא רוּגְזֵיהּ:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**He drew his bow** and shot arrows at me **like an enemy. He stood ready at the right**of Nebuchadnezzar and aided him **as if he**were**oppressing** his people, the House of Israel. **And he killed** every young man and **everything that was beautiful to see. In the tent of the Congregation of Zion he poured out** his anger **like a burning fire.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:5
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:5)

הֲוָה יְיָ דָמֵי כִבְעֵיל דְבָבָא שֵׁיצֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל שֵׁיצֵי כָל בִּרְנְיָתָהָא חַבִּיל כָּל קִירְוֵי פַּצִּיחָהָא וְאַסְגֵי בִּכְנִישְׁתָּא דְּבֵית יְהוּדָה אֲבֵילוּתָא וַאֲנִינוּתָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The Lord has become like an enemy. He destroyed Israel. He destroyed all her forts and razed all her open cities. He has increased in the Congregation of<b> the House of Judah mourning and grief.**</b>


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:6
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:6)

וְשֵׁרַשׁ כְּגִינְתָא בֵּית מוּקְדְשֵׁיהּ חִבֵּל אֲתַר מְזוּמָן לְכַפָּרָא עַל עַמֵּיהּ אִינְשֵׁי יְיָ בְּצִיּוֹן חֶדְוַת יוֹמָא טָבָא וְשַׁבְּתָא וּשְׁנָא בִתְקוֹף רוּגְזֵיהּ מַלְכָּא וְכַהֲנָא רַבָּא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**He uprooted his Temple like a garden. He razed the place appointed for the atonement of his people.<b> The Lord has caused**the joy of**the festival and the Sabbath to be forgotten and in his fierce anger he hates the king and** high **priest.**</b>


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:7
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:7)

אַשְׁלֵי יְיָ מַדְבְּחֵיהּ בְּעַט מַקְדְשֵׁיהּ מְסַר בְּיַד בְּעֵיל דְבָבָא שׁוּרֵי בִּירְנְיָתָהָא קָלָא יַהֲבוּ בְּבֵית מוּקְדְּשָׁא דַייָ כְּקַל עַמָּא בֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל דִמְצַלְיָין בְּגַוֵיהּ בְּיוֹמָא דְפִסְחָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The Lord has abandoned the house of <b>his altar. He has trampled his Temple. He has handed over the walls of the forts to the enemy. They raised a shout in the Temple of the Lord like** the shout of the people of the House of Israel praying in it on **the day of Passover.**</b>


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:8
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:8)

חָשַׁב יְיָ לְחַבָּלָא שׁוּר כְּנִשְׁתָּא דְצִיּוֹן סָאט מִשְׁקוֹלָתָא וְלָא אָתִיב יְדֵיהּ מִלְשֵׁיצָאָה וְאֲבֵיל מַקְפָנָא וְשׁוּרָא כַחֲדָא אִתְפַּגָּרוּ:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The Lord resolved to destroy the wall of the Congregation of Zion. He swung the plummet and did not turn back his hand from destroying it. He caused the rampart and the wall to mourn; they were destroyed together.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:9
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:9)

טָמְעוּ בְּאַרְעָא תַרְעָהָא (עַל דִּי נְכַסּוּ חֲזִירָא וְאוֹבִילוּ מִן דְמֵיהּ עִלַּוֵיהוֹן) הוֹבִיד וּתְבַר מְזוּזָתָהָא מַלְכָּהָא וְרַבְרְבָנָהָא גָלוּ בֵינֵי עַמְמַיָּא עַל דְלָא נָטְרוּ פִתְגָּמֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא כְּאִלּוּ לָא קַבִּילוּ יָתָהּ בְּטוּרָא דְסִינַי אַף נְבִיאָהָא אִתְמְנַע מִנְהוֹן רוּחַ נְבוּאַת קוּדְשָׁא וְלָא אִתְאַמַּר לְהוֹן פִּתְגַּם נְבוּאֲתָא מִן קֳדָם יְיָ:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Her gates have sunk into the earth**because they slaughtered a pig and brought its blood over them. **He has destroyed and shattered her doorposts. Her king and rulers were exiled among the nations**because they did not keep the decrees of Torah, as if they had not received it on Mount Sinai. **Even her prophets** had the holy spirit of prophecy withheld from them and they **were not told a word** of prophecy **from**before**the Lord.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:10
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:10)

יַתְבִין עַל אַרְעָא שָׁתְקִין סָבֵי כְנִשְׁתָּא דְצִיּוֹן אֲסִיקוּ עֲפַר מַקְלָה עַל רֵישֵׁיהוֹן קְמַרוּ סַקִּין עַל בִּסְרְהוֹן אָחִיתוּ לְעַפְרָא דְאַרְעָא רֵישֵׁיהוֹן בְּתוּלְתַּיָא דִירוּשְׁלֵם:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The Elders of the Congregation of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They throw** wood**ashes upon their heads. They gird sackcloth** upon their bodies. **The virgins of Jerusalem bow their heads to**the dust of**the earth.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:11
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:11)

סַפָּקוּ בִדְמָעָן עֵינַי אִידְגָארָן מֵעַי אִתְּשַׁד לְאַרְעָא כְבֵדִי עַל תְּבִיר כְּנִשְׁתָּא דְעַמִּי כְדוֹ דְצָחוּ עוּלְמַיָּא וְיַנְקַיָּא בִּפְתָאוּת קַרְתָּא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**My eyes are spent with tears, my bowels are piled up, my liver is spilt onto the ground because of the destruction of the Congregation of my people as youths and infants cried out in the open places of the cities.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:12
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:12)

לְאִמְהוֹן אָמְרִין רוּבַיָּא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל אָן עִיבּוּר וַחֲמַר כַּד הֲווּ צַחֲיָין כִּקְטַל דְחַרְבָּא מִן צָחוּתָא בְּפַתְאַוַת קִרְיָתָא כַּד אִתְשַׁד נַפְשְׁהוֹן מִן כַּפְנָא לְגוֹ עֲטִיף אִמְהוֹן:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
The young men of Israel **ask their mother, “Where is the bread and wine?” as they thirst** in the same way **as one wounded**by the sword suffers from thirst **in the open places of the cities, as their life is poured out** from hunger **into their mother’s bosom.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:13
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:13)

מָה אַסְעִיד בָּךְ וּמָה אֱהֵא מְדַמֵּי לָךְ כְּנִישְׁתָּא דִירוּשְׁלֵם מַה אַחְבִּיר לָךְ וֶאֱהֵי מְנַחֵם לִיךְ בְּתוּלְתָּא דִכְנִישְׁתָּא דְצִיּוֹן אֲרוּם סַגִּיא תִבְרִיךְ כִּסְגִיאוּת תְּבִיר גִלְלֵי יַמָּא רַבָּא בְּעִידַן נַחְשׁוּלֵיהּ וּמָן הוּא אַסְיָא דִּי יָסֵי יָתִיךְ מִן מְרָעַיִךְ:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**What can I bring to bear witness to you? Or to what can I compare you, O Congregation of Jerusalem? How shall I befriend you that I may console you, O Virgin of the Congregation of Zion? For great is <b>your breaking, as great as the**breaking of the waves of the Great **Sea** during the season of their gales. And who is the doctor **who can heal you** of your affliction?</b>


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:14
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:14)

נְבִיאֵי דִּי בֵינָךְ הִינוּן אִיתְנַבִּיאוּ לִיךְ שִׁיקְרָא וְלֵית מְשַׁשׁ לִנְבוּאַתְהוֹן וְלָא פַרְסִימוּ יָת פְּוּרְעֲנוּתָא דַעֲתִיד לְמֵיתֵי עָלַיךְ בִּגְלַל חוֹבַיִךְ לְאַהֲדָרוּתָךְ בִּתְיוּבְתָּא אֱלָהֵן נִבְּאוּ לִיךְ נְבוּאַת מַגָּן וּמִלֵּי טַעֲוָתָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
The false **prophets** within you, they **have seen falsehood for you** and there is **no substance** to their prophecies. **Nor did they make known** the punishment that would overtake you **as a result of your sin, in order to make you turn back in repentance.**Rather, **they prophesied to you vain prophecies and erring words.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:15
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:15)

שָׂפְקוּ עָלַיךְ יְדֵיהוֹן כָּל עוֹבְרֵי אוֹרְחָא שְׁרִיקוּ בְּסִפְוַתְהוֹן וְטַלְטִילוּ בְרֵישֵׁיהוֹן עַל כְּנִישְׁתָּא דִירוּשְׁלֵם אֲמָרוּ בְּפוּמְהוֹן הָדָא הִיא קַרְתָּא דַהֲווּ אָמְרִין אַבְהָתָן דְמִלְּקַדְמִין דְהִיא גְמִירַת נוֹאִי וּשׁוּפְרָא חֶדְוָה לְכָל יַתְבֵי אַרְעָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**All those who passed by the way clapped their hands at you. They hissed**with their lips**and wagged their heads at the Congregation of Jerusalem.**They said with their mouths,**“Is this the city**which our fathers and elders of old**called the perfection of beauty**and loveliness;**the joy of all the earth**’s inhabitants?”


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:16
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:16)

פְּתָחוּ עָלַיִךְ פּוּמְהוֹן כָּל בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבִיךְ שָׁרְקוּ בְּסִפְוַתְהוֹן וְעַסִּיאוּ בְשִׁנֵיהוֹן וַאֲמָרוּ שֵׁיצֵינָא בְּרַם דֵין יוֹמָא דַהֲוֵינָא מְתִינָן אַשְׁכַּחְנָא חֲזֵינָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**All your enemies open their mouths at you. They hissed** with their lips **and gnashed their teeth and say, “We have destroyed! Surely this is the day we have waited for. We have found it; we have seen it.”**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:17
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:17)

עָבַד יְיָ מַה דְחָשִׁיב גְמַר מֵימָר פּוּמֵיהּ דִּי פַקֵּיד לְמשֶׁה נְבִיָּא מִן יוֹמִין קַדְמָאִין דְאִי לָא נַטְרִין בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יָת פִּקוּדַיָּא דַייָ עָתִיד לְאִתְפְּרַע מִנְהוֹן פַּגַּר וְלָא חָס וְאַחְדֵי עָלַיִךְ בְּעֵיל דְבָבָא אֲרֵים יְקַר מְעִיקַיִךְ:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The Lord has done what he planned. He completed the Memra of his mouth<b> that he commanded**to Moses the prophet**long ago:**that if the children of Israel did not keep the commandments of the Lord he was going to punish them. **He destroyed and had no mercy. He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you for he has exalted your oppressors.**</b>


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:18
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:18)

צָוַח לִבְּהוֹן קֳדָם יְיָ דִרְחִים עֲלֵיהוֹן שׁוּרָא יְקָרָא דְצִיּוֹן זִילְגִי כְּנַחְלָא דִמְעִין יְמָם וְלֵילְיָא לָא תִתְּנִין תַּנְחוּמִין לְצַעֲרַיִךָ לְפַיְגָא צְלוֹתָא דִּי לָךְ וְלָא תִשְׁתּוֹק עֵינָךְ מִלְמִדְמָע:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The heart of Israel cried out before the Lord, to have mercy on them. <b>O wall of the city of Zion, weep tears like a torrent day and night. Give no**comfort to your sorrows, to**slacken**in the prayer that is**yours. May your eyes not cease**from weeping.</b>


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:19
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:19)

קוּמִי כְנִשְׁתָּא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל דְשַׁרְיָא בְגָלוּתָא עֲסוֹקִי בְּמִשְׁנָה בְּלֵילְיָא אֲרוּם שְׁכִינְתָּא דַייָ שַׁרְיָא לְקִבְלִיךְ וּבְפִתְגָּמֵי אוֹרַיְיתָא כְּשֵׁירוּי שְׁפַרְפְּרָא שַׁדְיָא הֵיךְ מַיָּא עַקְמוּמִית לִבֵּיךְ וְהַדְרִי בִתְיוּבְתָּא וְצַלְאִי בְּבֵית כְּנִשְׁתָּא כָּל קֳבֵל אַפֵּי יְיָ טוּלִי לְוָתֵיהּ בִּצְלוֹ יָדַיִךְ עַל נַפְשַׁת עוּלֵמַיךְ דְצָחִין בְּכַפְנָא בְּרֵישׁ כָּל מָחוֹזִין:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Arise,**O Congregation of Israel dwelling in exile.**Busy yourself**with Mishnah**in the night,**for the Shekinah of the Lord is dwelling before you, and with the words of Torah **at the beginning** of the morning **watch. Pour out like water**the crookedness of**your heart**and turn in repentance. And pray in the synagogue **before the face of the Lord. Raise your hands to him in prayer for the life of your children**who thirst **with hunger at the head of every open market.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:20
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:20)

חֲזֵי יְיָ וּתְהֵי מִסְתַּכֵּל מִן שְׁמַיָּא לְמַן אִיסְתַּקִיפְתָּא כִּדְנַן אִם חֲזֵי לִבְנָתָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְמֵיכַל פֵּירֵי בִטְנֵיהוֹן עוּלְמַיָּא רְגִיגְתָא דַהֲווּ מְלַפְפִין בִּסְדִינִין דְמֵלָתֵיהּ עֲנַת מִדַּת דִינָא וְכֵן אֲמָרַת אִם חֲזֵי לְמִקְטַל בְּבֵית מוּקְדְּשָׁא דַייָ כַּהֲנָא וּנְבִיָּא כְּמָה דִקְטַלְתּוּן יָת זְכַרְיָה בַּר עִידּוֹ כַּהֲנָא רַבָּא וּנְבִיָּא מְהֵימָן בְּבֵית מוּקְדְשָׁא דַייָ בְּיוֹמָא דְכִפּוּרַיָּא עַל דְאוֹכַח יַתְכוֹן דְלָא תַעַבְדוּן דְבִישׁ קֳדַם יְיָ:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**See, O Lord, and observe**from heaven**against whom you have turned. Thus is it**right for the **daughters** of Israel **to eat the fruit** of their wombs due to starvation, the lovely **boys wrapped** in fine linen? The Attribute of Justice replied, and said, **“Is it right to kill priest and prophet in the Temple of the LORD,** as when you killed Zechariah son of Iddo, the High Priest and faithful prophet in the Temple of the Lord on the Day of Atonement because he admonished you not to do evil before the Lord?”


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:21
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:21)

דְמָכוּ עַל אַרְעָא בִּמְחוֹזִין עוּלֵימַיָּא וְסָבַיָּא דַהֲווּ רְגִילִין לְמִשְׁכּוֹב עַל כָּרִין דְמִילַת וְעַל עַרְסִין דְשֵׁן דְפִיל בְתוּלָתַי וְרוּבַי נְפַלּוּ קְטִילִין בְּחַרְבָּא קְטַלְתָּא בְיוֹם רוּגְזָךְ נְכִיסְתָּא וְלָא חַסְתָּא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The young and the old**who were accustomed to recline on pillows of fine wool and upon ivory couches **were prostrate on the earth of the open markets. My virgins and youths have fallen,**killed**by the sword. You have killed in the day of your anger; you have slaughtered and shown no pity.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:22
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 2:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/2:22)

תְהֵי קָרֵי חֵירוּתָא לְעַמָּךְ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל עַל יַד מְשִׁיחָא הֵיכְמָא דַעֲבַדְתְּ עַל יַד משֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן בְּיוֹמָא דְפִסְחָא דְאִתְכַּנְשִׁין עוּלֵימֵי חֲזוֹר חֲזוֹר מִן כָּל אָתַר דְאִתְבַּדְרוּ תַמָּן בְּיוֹמָא תְקִיף רוּגְזָךְ יְיָ וְלָא הֲוָה בְהוֹן שֵׁיזְבָא וּשְׁאָרָא דְלָפִיפִית בִּסְדִינִין וְדִרְבֵּיתִי בְּתַפְנוּקֵי מַלְכִין בַּעֲלֵי דְבָבִי שֵׁיצִיאוּנוּן:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**You will declare** freedom to your people, the House of Israel, by the hand of King Messiah just as you did by the hand of Moses and Aaron**on the day when you brought Israel up from Egypt.**My children will gather**all around,**from every place to which they had been scattered**in the day of your**fierce**anger, O Lord, and there was no escape for them nor any survivors**of those whom I had**wrapped**in fine linen.**And my enemies destroyed those whom I had raised**in royal comfort.