⁴ 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)

⁵ Her foes have become her masters;
    her enemies are at ease.
The Lord has brought her grief^(D)
    because of her many sins.^(E)
Her children have gone into exile,^(F)
    captive before the foe.^(G)

⁶ All the splendor has departed
    from Daughter Zion.^(H)
Her princes are like deer
    that find no pasture;
in weakness they have fled^(I)
    before the pursuer.