She (A)weeps bitterly in the (B)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.

(C)Judah has gone into captivity,
Under affliction and hard servitude;
(D)She dwells among the [a]nations,
She finds no (E)rest;
All her persecutors overtake her in dire straits.

The roads to Zion mourn
Because no one comes to the [b]set feasts.
All her gates are (F)desolate;
Her priests sigh,
Her virgins are afflicted,
And she is in bitterness.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:3 Gentiles
  2. Lamentations 1:4 appointed

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