Lamentations 1:1–2

LAMENT OVER JERUSALEM

א Aleph

1 How* she sits alone,a

the cityb once crowded with people!

She who was great among the nations

has become like a widow.c

The princess among the provinces

has been put to forced labor.

ב Beth

2 She weeps bitterly during the night,d

with tears on her cheeks.

There is no one to offer her comfort,

not one from all her lovers.B,e

All her friends have betrayed her;

they have become her enemies.