Lamentations 1:3–6

ג Gimel

3 Judah has gone into exile

followingC affliction and harsh slavery;

she lives among the nations

but finds no place to rest.f

All her pursuers have overtaken her

in narrow places.

ד Daleth

4 The roads to Ziong mourn,

for no one comes to the appointed festivals.h

All her gates are deserted;

her priests groan,

her young women grieve,

and she herself is bitter.

ה He

5 Her adversaries have become her masters;i

her enemies are at ease,j

for the Lord has made her suffer

because of her many transgressions.

Her children have gone away

as captives before the adversary.

ו Waw

6 All the splendork has vanished

from Daughter Zion.l

Her leaders are like stags

that find no pasture;

they stumble away exhausted

before the hunter.m