Lamentations 1:3-5

Good News Translation

³ Judah's people are helpless slaves, forced away from home.^[a]
    They live in other lands, with no place to call their own—
    Surrounded by enemies, with no way to escape.

⁴ No one comes to the Temple now to worship on the holy days.
    The young women who sang there suffer, and the priests can only groan.
    The city gates stand empty, and Zion is in agony.

⁵ Her enemies succeeded; they hold her in their power.
    The Lord has made her suffer for all her many sins;
    Her children have been captured and taken away.