The roads [a]of Zion are in mourning
Because (A)no one comes to an appointed feast.
All her gates are (B)deserted;
Her priests groan,
Her (C)virgins are worried,
And as for Zion herself, it is (D)bitter for her.
Her adversaries have become [b]her masters,
Her enemies are [c]secure;
For the Lord has [d](E)caused her grief
Because of the multitude of her wrongdoings;
Her little ones have gone away
As captives [e]led by the enemy.
All of her (F)splendor
Is gone from the daughter of Zion;
Her leaders have become like deer
That have found no pasture,
And they have [f](G)fled without strength
[g]From the pursuer.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:4 Or to
  2. Lamentations 1:5 Lit head
  3. Lamentations 1:5 Or at ease
  4. Lamentations 1:5 Or tormented her
  5. Lamentations 1:5 Lit before
  6. Lamentations 1:6 Lit gone
  7. Lamentations 1:6 Lit Before

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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