Lamentations 1:1–11

^aHow doth the city ^bsit solitary, that was full of people!

^cHow is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations,

And ^dprincess among ^ethe provinces, how is she become ^ftributary!

²She ^gweepeth sore ^hin the night, and her tears are on her cheeks:

Among all ⁱher lovers ^kshe hath none to comfort her:

All her friends ^lhave dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

^3mJudah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude:

ⁿShe dwelleth among the heathen, ^oshe findeth no rest:

All ^pher persecutors overtook her between ^qthe straits.

⁴The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to ^rthe solemn feasts:

All ^sher gates are desolate: her priests ^tsigh:

Her virgins are ^uafflicted, and she is in bitterness.

⁵Her adversaries are ^vthe chief, her enemies ^wprosper;

For the Lord ^xhath afflicted her ^yfor the multitude of her transgressions:

^zHer children ^aare gone into captivity before the enemy.

⁶And 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 ^pthe pursuer.

⁷Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her ^bmiseries

All her pleasant things that she had ^cin the days of old,

When her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her:

The adversaries saw her, and did mock at ^dher sabbaths.

⁸Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed:

All that honoured her despise her, because ^fthey have seen her nakedness:

Yea, ^gshe sigheth, and turneth backward.

⁹Her filthiness is in her ^hskirts; she ⁱremembereth not her last end;

Therefore she came down wonderfully: ^jshe had no comforter.

O Lord, behold my affliction: for the enemy ^khath magnified himself.

¹⁰The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things:

For she hath seen that ^lthe heathen entered into her sanctuary,

Whom thou didst command that ^mthey should not enter into thy congregation.

¹¹All her people ^gsigh, ⁿthey seek bread;

They have given ^otheir pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul:

See, O Lord, and consider; for I am become vile.