Lamentations 1:2-4
EasyEnglish Bible
2 She weeps in the night
and there are tears on her face.
Not one of her lovers comforts her.
All her friends have left her.
They have gone against her and they are now her enemies.[a]
3 The enemies have taken Judah's people away as slaves.
The slaves have only trouble and difficult work.
They now live among strangers.
They have no rest, and they live far away from home.
They cannot go away from those who do cruel things to them.
4 Zion's streets are sad places now.[b]
Nobody comes to worship God there any longer.
There is nothing to hear at the city gates.[c]
The priests are sad.
Strangers are cruel to the young women.
The people in Zion are very sad.
Footnotes
- 1:2 Many people had always come to Jerusalem. They do not come any longer. God took their friends away so that Jerusalem's people would turn back to him. See how very sad Jeremiah is: Jeremiah 9:1.
- 1:4 Zion is another name for Jerusalem. Jerusalem was the capital city of the country called Judah.
- 1:4 The leaders always met at the city gate to talk together. See Lamentations 5:14.
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