בַּת־עַמִּ֤י חִגְרִי־שָׂק֙ וְהִתְפַּלְּשִׁ֣י בָאֵ֔פֶר אֵ֤בֶל יָחִיד֙ עֲשִׂ֣י לָ֔ךְ מִסְפַּ֖ד תַּמְרוּרִ֑ים כִּ֣י פִתְאֹ֔ם יָבֹ֥א הַשֹּׁדֵ֖ד עָלֵֽינוּ׃
我百姓的女子啊，你要腰束麻布，在灰中打滾；要為自己悲哀，如同喪了獨生子，痛哭哀號；因為毀滅者必忽然臨到我們。
Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition)
R. Simon b. Lakish said: "An incident happened to a certain woman whose name was Zofnath, the daughter of Paniel. She was called Zofnath because everybody looked upon her beauty. She was called the daughter of Paniel because she was the daughter of a High-priest who served in the Holy of Holies in the Temple. She was ill-treated by her captors, the entire night. In the morning they dressed her beautifully and took her out for sale in the market. A very ugly man came and said to them: 'Let me see her beauty.' Whereupon the captors replied to him: 'You good-for-nothing, if thou want to take it just as it is, take it, for there is no equal to her beauty in the entire world.' Nevertheless he was going to undress her and discover her beauty, when she covered herself with ashes and appealed to God: 'Sovereign of the Universe, if Thou dost not want to spare us, why shouldst Thou not spare Thy holy and great name.' Concerning this it is said (Jar. 6, 26) O! daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes; make thee mourning, as for an only son most bitter lamentation; for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. It is not said upon thee, but upon us. This means that God Himself said: 'Upon Me and upon thee will come the destroyer.'"