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The Sorrows of Jerusalem

How lonely sits the city
    that was full of people!
How she has become like a widow,
    who was once great among the nations!
She who was a princess among the provinces
    has become a slave!

She weeps sorely in the night,
    her tears are on her cheeks;
among all her lovers
    she has none to comfort her.
All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
    they have become her enemies.

Judah has gone into captivity,
    under affliction and great servitude;
she dwells among the nations,
    she finds no rest;
all her persecutors overtook her
    in the midst of distress.

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