| Because | יַ֠עַן | yaʿan | YA-an |
| thine heart | רַךְ | rak | rahk |
| was tender, | לְבָ֨בְךָ֜ | lĕbābĕkā | leh-VA-veh-HA |
| thyself humbled hast thou and | וַתִּכָּנַ֣ע׀ | wattikkānaʿ | va-tee-ka-NA |
| before | מִפְּנֵ֣י | mippĕnê | mee-peh-NAY |
| the Lord, | יְהוָ֗ה | yĕhwâ | yeh-VA |
| heardest thou when | בְּֽשָׁמְעֲךָ֡ | bĕšomʿăkā | beh-shome-uh-HA |
| what | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾăšer | uh-SHER |
| I spake | דִּבַּרְתִּי֩ | dibbartiy | dee-bahr-TEE |
| against | עַל | ʿal | al |
| this | הַמָּק֨וֹם | hammāqôm | ha-ma-KOME |
| place, | הַזֶּ֜ה | hazze | ha-ZEH |
| and against | וְעַל | wĕʿal | veh-AL |
| the inhabitants | יֹֽשְׁבָ֗יו | yōšĕbāyw | yoh-sheh-VAV |
| become should they that thereof, | לִֽהְי֤וֹת | lihĕyôt | lee-heh-YOTE |
| a desolation | לְשַׁמָּה֙ | lĕšammāh | leh-sha-MA |
| curse, a and | וְלִקְלָלָ֔ה | wĕliqlālâ | veh-leek-la-LA |
| and hast rent | וַתִּקְרַע֙ | wattiqraʿ | va-teek-RA |
| אֶת | ʾet | et | |
| clothes, thy | בְּגָדֶ֔יךָ | bĕgādêkā | beh-ɡa-DAY-ha |
| and wept | וַתִּבְכֶּ֖ה | wattibke | va-teev-KEH |
| before | לְפָנָ֑י | lĕpānāy | leh-fa-NAI |
| me; I | וְגַ֧ם | wĕgam | veh-ɡAHM |
| also | אָֽנֹכִ֛י | ʾānōkî | ah-noh-HEE |
| have heard | שָׁמַ֖עְתִּי | šāmaʿtî | sha-MA-tee |
| thee, saith | נְאֻם | nĕʾum | neh-OOM |
| the Lord. | יְהוָֽה׃ | yĕhwâ | yeh-VA |