Lamentations 1:5-7

New Catholic Bible

⁵ Her foes have become her masters,
    and her enemies prosper,
for the Lord has made her suffer
    for her endless transgressions.
Her children are no longer there,
    having been taken captive by their oppressor.
⁶ Every vestige of splendor
    has departed from the daughter of Zion.^[a]
Her princes have become like stags
    that can find no pasture;
with their strength exhausted
    they flee before their pursuers.
⁷ In the days of her misery and distress
    Jerusalem will remember those times
when her people were overcome by the enemy,
    and she had no one to help her.
Her foes mocked her unceasingly
    and laughed over her downfall.