Lamentations 1:5-7

International Children’s Bible

⁵ Her enemies have become her masters.
    Her enemies enjoy the wealth they have won.
The Lord is punishing her
    for her many sins.
Her children have gone away.
    They are captives of the enemy in a foreign land.

⁶ The beauty of Jerusalem
    has gone away.
Her rulers are like deer
    that cannot find food.
They are weak and have run away
    from those who chased them.

⁷ Jerusalem is suffering and homeless.
    She remembers all the precious things
    she had in the past.
She remembers when her people were defeated by the enemy.
    There was no one to help her.
When her enemies saw her,
    they laughed to see her ruined.