The roads [a]of Zion are in mourning
Because (A)no one comes to the appointed feasts.
All her gates are (B)desolate;
Her priests are groaning,
Her (C)virgins are afflicted,
And she herself [b]is (D)bitter.
Her adversaries have become [c]her masters,
Her enemies [d]prosper;
For the Lord has (E)caused her grief
Because of the multitude of her transgressions;
Her little ones have gone away
As captives before the adversary.
All her (F)majesty
Has departed from the daughter of Zion;
Her princes have become like deer
That have found no pasture;
And they have [e](G)fled without strength
Before the pursuer.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:4 Or to
  2. Lamentations 1:4 Or suffers bitterly
  3. Lamentations 1:5 Lit head
  4. Lamentations 1:5 Or are at ease
  5. Lamentations 1:6 Lit gone

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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