## Aramaic Targum to Lamentations Chapter 4

###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:1
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:1)

אֵיכְדֵין (כָּהָה) עֲמָא דְהַב בֵּית מוּקְדְּשָׁא אִשְׁתַּנֵּי זִיו פַּלְטִין בְּחִיר מִשְׁתַּדְיָן מַרְגָלָאוָן קָדִּישִׁין בְּרֵישׁ כָּל מְחוֹזִין:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**How the gold**of the Temple **has dimmed, the choice gold leaf has changed! The sacred jewels are scattered at the head of every street.**


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

בְּנֵי צִיּוֹן יַקִּירִין דִמְתִילִין אִיקוּנֵיהוֹן לִדְּהַב טָב אֵיכְדֵין הֲווּ עַמְּמִין מְסַאֲבִין מָחֲתִין יַתְנוֹן מִלְקָבֵיל (ס"א בְּלִיקָבֵיל) עַרְסֵיהוֹן וּמִסְתַּכְּלִין בְּהוֹן בְּגִין דְּיֵלְדוּן נְשֵׁיהוֹן בְּנִין שַׁפָּרַיָּא כְּשׁוּפְרֵיהוֹן וְאִתְחַשְׁבוּ לְלָגִינִין דַחֲסַף עוֹבָדֵי יְדֵי פַחֲרָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The precious sons of Zion which were comparable**in their appearance to that of fine **gold,**how the unclean people brought them down near to their beds and stare at them, so that their wives might bear sons as beautiful as they and **they are considered as clay vessels the work of the hands of the potter.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:3
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:3)

אַף בְּנָתָא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל מְפַנְקְתָא לִבְנֵי עַמְמַיָּא דְדַמְיָּן לְחוּרְמָנָא טַלְעָן תְּדֵיהֶן וְרַבֵּי כְּנִשְׁתָּא דְעַמִּי מְסִירִין לְאַכְזְרָאִין וְאִמְהוֹן סַפְדָן עֲלֵיהוֹן כְּנַעֲמַיָּא בְּמַדְבְּרָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Even**the pampered daughters of Israel **untie their breasts**to the nations who are like **the basilisk. And the young men of the Congregation of my people**are handed over to **cruel men**and their mothers mourn over them **like ostriches in the desert.**


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

אַדְבֵּיק לְשֵׁן עוּלֵימָא לְמוֹרִיגֵהּ בִצְחוּתָא טַלְיָא תְבָעוּ לַחְמָא מוֹשִׁיט לֵית לְהוֹן:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The tongue of the youth clings to his palate from thirst. Children ask for bread, but there is no one who offers it to them.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:5
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:5)

דַהֲווֹ רְגִילִין לְמֵיכַל תַּפְנוּקִין אִשְׁתְּמָמוּ בְּמָחוֹזִין דְאִתְרַבִּיאוּ עַל צְבַע זָהֳרִין גַפִיפוּ קִקְלָאתָן:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Those who**used to **eat delicacies were desolate in the markets. Those who were reared in**the color **crimson embrace dunghills.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:6
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:6)

וּסְגִיַּת חוֹבַת כְּנִשְׁתָּא דְעַמִּי מִן חוֹבַת סְדוֹם דְאִתְהַפְּכַת כְּשַׁעֲתָא וְלָא שְׁרִיאוּ בָהּ נְבִיאַיָּא לְאִתְנַבָּאָה לְאַהַדְרוּתָהּ בִּתְיוּבְתָּא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The sin of the Congregation of my people is greater than the sin of Sodom that was overthrown in a moment. And no**prophets **were left in her**to prophesy, to turn her back in **repentance.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:7
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:7)

הֲווּ בְרִירָן נְזִירָהָא יַתִּיר מִתַּלְגָא שַׁעֲעוּ יַתִּיר מִן חֲלָבָאִ סַמִּיקוּ חֵיזוּ יַתִּיר מִן יוֹהֲרִין (ס"א מִזְהוֹרִין) וּכְשַׁבְזִיזָא פַּרְצוּפֵיהוֹן:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Her Nazarites were purer than snow, smoother than milk. Their appearance was ruddier than crimson and their faces**like **sapphires.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:8
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:8)

חָשַׁךְ מִן אוּכְמָתָא דְגָלוּתָא רֵיוְהוֹן לָא אִשְׁתְּמוֹדְעוּ בְּמָחוֹזִין אֲדַק מַשְׁכֵיהוֹן עַל גַרְמֵיהוֹן פְּרִיךְ הֲוָה כְּקֵיסָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Their appearance was darker than the blackness**of the exile; **they were not recognized in the markets. Their skin clung to their bones; brittle as a twig.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:9
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:9)

מַעֲלֵי הֲווֹ קְטִילֵי סַיְיפָא יַתִּיר מִן קְטִילֵי כְפַן דִקְטִילֵי סַיְיפָא דָיְיבִין כַּד אִינוּן מְבַזְעִין כְּרֵיסֵיהוֹן מִן מָה דַאֲכַלוּ מֵעֲלַל חַקְלָא וּנְפִיחֵי כַפְנָא פָּרִיק כְּרֵיסֵיהוֹן מִן מֵיכְלָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Better were those who were slain by the sword than those who were slain by hunger,**for those slain by the sword **perished when pierced**in their bellies because they ate of **the gleanings of the field;**and those who were bloated from hunger; their bellies burst from food.


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:10
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:10)

יְדֵי נְשַׁיָּא דַהֲוָן מְרַחֲמִין עַל מִסְכֵּנִין בְּשִׁילוּ עוּלֵימֵיהוֹן הֲווֹ לְמִסְעַד לְהוֹן בְּיוֹם תְּבַר כַּפְנָא דִי אִתְבְּרַת כְּנִשְׁתָּא דְעַמִּי:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The hands of women**who were **merciful**towards the poor **boiled their young, they became sustenance for them when**the day of famine **broke,**when **the Congregation of my people**was destroyed.


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:11
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:11)

סַף יְיָ יָת חֵימְתֵיהּ שְׁדָא עַל יְרוּשְׁלֵם יָת תְּקוֹף רוּגְזֵיהּ וְאַסֵּיק בְּאוּר לַפִּיד אֶשָּׁתָא בְּצִיּוֹן וְאַכְלַת אַשְׁוָתָהָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The Lord has finished his anger; he has poured out his**fierce **wrath**upon Jerusalem **and he has brought up a**raging **fire in Zion, and it consumed her foundations.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:12
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:12)

לָא הֲווֹ מְהֵימְנִין מַלְכְּוַת אַרְעָא וְכָל דְיָירֵי תֵבֵל אֲרוּם יֵעוּל נְבוּכַדְנֶצַּר רַשִּׁיעָא וּנְבוּזַרְאֲדָן בְּעֵיל דְבָבָא לְנִכְסָא עַמָּא בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּתַרְעַיָּא דִירוּשְׁלֵם:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The kingdoms of the earth did not believe, nor did those who dwell in the world, that**the wicked Nebuchadnezzar and Nebuzaradan**the enemy would enter**to slaughter the people of the House of Israel **in the gates of Jerusalem.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:13
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:13)

עֲנַת מִדַּת הַדִּין וְכֵן אֲמָרַת לָא הֲוָת כָּל דָּא אֱלָהֵן מֵחוֹבַת נְבִיאָהָא דְמִנְבְּאָן לָהּ נְבִיאוּת שִׁיקְרָא וּמֵעַוְיַת כַּהֲנָהָא דְאַסִּיקוּ קְטוֹרֶת בּוּסְמִין לְטַעֲוָתָא וְאִינוּן גָרְמוּ לְאִתְשַׁד בְּגַוָהּ דַּם זַכָּאִין:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
The Attribute of Justice spoke up and said, “All this would not have happened but **for the sins of her prophets**who prophesied to her false prophesies **and the iniquity of her priests**who offered up burning incense to idols. They themselves caused **the blood of the innocent to be shed in her midst.”**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:14
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:14)

אִיתְטַלְטְלוּ עִוְרִין בְּמָחוֹזִין אִטַּנְפוּ בְדַם קְטוֹלִין בְּחַרְבָּא וְעַל דְלָא הֲווֹ יָכְלִין לְמֶחְמֵי קְרִיבוּ בִּלְבוּשֵׁיהוֹן:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**The blind wandered about in the markets, defiled with the blood**of those slain by the sword and since **they could not**see **they touched their clothes.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:15
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:15)

זוּרוּ מִמְסַאֲבָא קְרוּ עַמְמַיָּא זוּרוּ זוּרוּ לָא תִקְרְבוּ בְהוֹן אֲרוּם אִתְקוֹטְטוּ אַף אִתְטַלְטְלוּ אֲמָרוּ בְּמֶהֱוֵיהוֹן בְּשַׁלְוַתְהוֹן דְבֵינֵי עַמְמַיָּא לָא יוֹסִיפוּן לְמֵידָר:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**“Turn away from the unclean!” cried**the nations, **“Turn away, turn away! Do not touch them!” For they quarreled, indeed they wandered. They said,**when they were peacefully established **among the nations, “They shall not continue to dwell here.”**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:16
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:16)

מִן קֳדָם אַפֵּי יְיָ אִתְפְּלִיגוּ לָא יוֹסִיף לְאִסְתַּכָּלָא בְּהוֹן בְּגִין כֵּן אוּמַיָּא רְשִׁיעַיָּא אַפֵּי כַהֲנַיָּא לָא סַבָּרוּ וְעִלַּוֵי סָבַיָּא לָא חָסוּ:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**They were dispersed**from before **the face of the Lord, he no longer regarded them.**Therefore the wicked peoples **did not respect the priests nor did they spare the elders.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:17
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:17)

עוֹד סַפְאָן עֵינָנָא לְאִסְתַּכָּלָא לְסַיְיעָנָא דַהֲוֵינָא מְתִינָן לְנוּכְרָאֵי דְאִתְהַפִּיךְ לָנָא לְחַבַּלּוּ בְּסְכוּתָנָא דְאִסְתְּכֵינָא לְנוּכְרָאֵי דְאִנּוּן עַמָּא דְלָא יִפְרוֹק:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Our eyes still fail to see our help**which we expected to come from the Romans, but which turned **to naught** for us. **In hope we watched for the**Edomites who were a **nation that could not save.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:18
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:18)

הִינוּן צָדִין שְׁבִילָנָא מִלְמֵיהַךְ לְרוֹחֲצָן בִּפְלָטְיָיתָנָא אָמַרְנָא קָרֵב סוֹפָנָא אִתְמְלִיאוּ יוֹמָנָא אֲרוּם מְטָא סוֹפָנָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**They prowled our paths so that we could not walk**safely **in our open places.**We said, **“Our end is near; our days are fulfilled,” for our end had come.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:19
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:19)

קְלִילִין הֲווּ רָדְפָנָא יַתִּיר מִנִּשְׁרֵי שְׁמַיָּא עַל טוּרַיָּא אַדְלִיקוּ יָתָנָא בְמַדְבָּרָא כַּמָּנוּ לָנָא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Our pursuers were swifter**than **the eagles of the heavens; unto the mountains they chased us, in the desert they lay in wait for us.**


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

מַלְכָּא יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ דַהֲוָה חָבִיב לָנָא כְּנִשְׁמַת רוּחַ חַיִּין דִבְאַפָּנָא וַהֲוָה מִתְרַבֵּי בִמְשַׁח רְבוּתָא דַייָ אִתְחַד בְּמֵיצַד חִבּוּלֵיהוֹן דְמִצְרָאֵי דַהֲוֵינָא אָמְרִין עֲלוֹהִי בִּטְלַל זְכוּתֵיהּ נְחֵי בֵינֵי עַמְמַיָּא:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
King Josiah, who was as dear to us as the breath of **the spirit**of life in **our nostrils**and was anointed with **the anointing**oil **of the Lord, was entrapped**in Egypt’s **snare**of corruption. **It was he of whom we said, “In the shadow**of his merit **we will live among the nations.”**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:21
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:21)

חָדִיאִי וּבְדִיחִי בְּרַתָּא דֶאֱדוֹם דְיַתְבָא בְאַרְעָא דְעוּץ (בת"ק הגירסא חָדִיאִי וּבְדוֹחִי קַרְתָּא דְמִתְבַּנְיָא בְּאַרַע אַרְמֵנִיאָה) בְּסַגִּיאִין אוֹכְלוֹסִין דְמִן עַמָּא נוּכְרָאֵי אוֹף עָלַיךְ עָתִיד לְמֵיתֵי פּוּרְעֲנוּתָא וִיצַדְיָין יָתִיךְ פַּרְסֵי וּתְעִבַּר עָלַיִךְ כַּס דִלְווָט תִּרְוִי וְתִתְרוֹקְנִי:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
**Rejoice and be of good cheer**Constantinople, **city of**wicked **Edom, which is**built in the land of Armenia with crowds from the people of Edom. Retribution is about to come upon **even you,**and the Parkevi will destroy you and **the accursed cup shall pass**to you and **you shall become drunk and exposed.**


###### Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:22
[Aramaic Targum to Lamentations 4:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Aramaic%20Targum%20to%20Lamentations/r/4:22)

וּבָתַר כֵּן יְשַׁלֵּם עִוְיָתָךְ כְּנִשְׁתָּא דְצִיּוֹן וְתִתְפָּרְקִין עַל יְדֵי דְמַלְכָּא מְשִׁיחָא וְאֵלִיָּהוּ כַהֲנָא רַבָּא וְלָא יוֹסִף יְיָ תּוּב לְאַגְלוּתָךְ וּבְהַהִיא זִימְנָא אַסְעַר עִוְיָתָךְ בְּרַתָא דֶאֱדוֹם דְמִתְבַּנְיָא דִמְלֵאָה אוֹכְלוֹסִין וְיֵיתוּן פַּרְסָאֵי וִיעִקוּן לָךְ וְיִצְדוּן יָתָךְ אֲרוּם אִתְפַּרְסֵם קֳדָם יְיָ עַל חוֹבוֹתָיִךְ:

**Translated by C. M. M. Brady:**
And after this **your iniquity will be finished, O Congregation of Zion and**you will be freed by the hands of the King Messiah and Elijah he High Priest and **the Lord will no longer exile you.**And at that time **I will punish your iniquities,**wicked Rome, built in Italy and filled with crowds **of Edomites.**And the Persians will come and oppress you and destroy you because **your sins have been made known**before the Lord.