2 “Judah mourns,

her cities languish;

they wail for the land,

and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.

2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish;

They are black unto the ground;

And the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

2 “Judah wilts;

commerce at the city gates grinds to a halt.

All the people sit on the ground in mourning,

and a great cry rises from Jerusalem.

2 “Judah mourns,

And her gates languish;

They mourn for the land,

And the cry of Jerusalem has gone up.

2 “The nation of Judah cries as if someone has died,

and her cities are very sad.

They are distressed over the land.

A cry goes up to God from Jerusalem.

2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they sit in black upon the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

2 Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish, they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem goeth up.

2 Judah mourns; its gates fall apart. 

The people of Judah sit in mourning on the ground. 

Their cry goes up from Jerusalem. 

2 Judah mourns;

her gates languish.

Her people are on the ground in mourning;

Jerusalem’s cry rises up.

2 Judah mourns

and her gates languish;

they lie in gloom on the ground,

and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.

2 “Judah mourns, and her gates languish,

they are in mourning on the ground,

and the cry of lament of Jerusalem goes up.

2 “Judah is filled with sadness.

Its cities are wasting away.

The people sob over the land.

Crying is heard in Jerusalem.

2 “Judah mourns

And her gates languish;

They sit on the ground in mourning,

And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended.