The ways of Zion lament, because no man cometh[a]to the solemn feasts, all her gates are desolate: her Priests sigh: her virgins are discomfited, and she is in [b]heaviness.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:4 As they used to come up with mirth and joy, Ps. 42:4.
  2. Lamentations 1:4 Hebrew, bitterness.

The roads to Zion mourn,(A)
    for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
All her gateways are desolate,(B)
    her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
    and she is in bitter anguish.(C)

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