כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃<br><small>[השיבנו יהוה אליך ונשובה חדש ימינו כקדם]</small>
Thou canst not have utterly rejected us, And be exceeding wroth against us!<br><small>[Turn us unto Thee, O Lord, and we shall be turned; Renew our days as of old.]</small>
Rashi on Lamentations
For although You may have considered us contemptible. Although we have sinned, [nonetheless] You should not have been angered as much as You have been.
Rashi on Lamentations
Adonoy return us. Because he concludes with words of reproof, he had to repeat the preceding verse again,14In order to end on a note of consolation. and so did Yeshayahu, Trei Osor, and Koheles.