Lamentations 1:1-3

Tree of Life Version

1 How lonely sits the city,
        once so full of people!
    She who was once great among the nations
        has become like a widow.
    The princess among the provinces
        has become a forced laborer.
² Bitterly she weeps in the night,
        her tears are on her cheeks.
    Among all her lovers,
        there is no one to comfort her.
    All her friends have betrayed her.
    They have become her enemies!
³ Judah is gone into exile
        under affliction and great servitude.
    She dwells among the nations.
        She finds no resting place.
    All her pursuers have overtaken her
        in the midst of her distress.