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Daleth

The streets of Zion mourn because there are none to come to the solemnities; all her gates are destroyed; her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

He

Her enemies have been made the head; those who hated her have been prospered; for the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her rebellions; her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

Vau

And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed; her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.

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The roads to Zion mourn,(A)
    for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
All her gateways are desolate,(B)
    her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
    and she is in bitter anguish.(C)

Her foes have become her masters;
    her enemies are at ease.
The Lord has brought her grief(D)
    because of her many sins.(E)
Her children have gone into exile,(F)
    captive before the foe.(G)

All the splendor has departed
    from Daughter Zion.(H)
Her princes are like deer
    that find no pasture;
in weakness they have fled(I)
    before the pursuer.

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