Lamentations 1:1–4
1 How alonely sits the city
That was bfull of people!
She has become like a cwidow
Who was once dgreat among the nations!
She who was a princess among the 1provinces
Has become a eforced laborer!
2 She aweeps bitterly in the night
And her tears are on her cheeks;
She has none to comfort her
Among all her blovers.
All her friends have cdealt treacherously with her;
They have become her enemies.
3 aJudah has gone into exile 1under affliction
She dwells bamong the nations,
But she has found no rest;
All cher pursuers have overtaken her
In the midst of 3distress.
4 The roads 1of Zion are in mourning
Because ano one comes to the appointed feasts.
All her gates are bdesolate;
Her priests are groaning,
Her cvirgins are afflicted,