The roads to Zion mourn,
    for none come to (A)the festival;
(B)all her gates are desolate;
    her priests (C)groan;
her virgins have been afflicted,[a]
    and she herself suffers bitterly.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:4 Septuagint, Old Latin dragged away

The roads to Zion mourn,(A)
    for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
All her gateways are desolate,(B)
    her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
    and she is in bitter anguish.(C)

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13 Bring no more vain offerings;
    incense is an abomination to me.
(A)New moon and Sabbath and the (B)calling of convocations—
    I cannot endure (C)iniquity and (D)solemn assembly.

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13 Stop bringing meaningless offerings!(A)
    Your incense(B) is detestable(C) to me.
New Moons,(D) Sabbaths and convocations(E)
    I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.

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18 I will gather those of you who mourn (A)for the festival,
    so that you will no longer suffer reproach.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:18 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

18 “I will remove from you
    all who mourn over the loss of your appointed festivals,
    which is a burden and reproach for you.

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