⁵ Her adversaries dominate her,
    her enemies prosper.
For the Lord has made her suffer
    because of her many transgressions.
Her children have gone away,
    taken into captivity in the presence of the enemy.

⁶ Fled from cherished^[a] Zion
    are all that were her splendor.
Her princes have become like deer
    that cannot find their feeding grounds.
They flee with strength exhausted
    from their pursuers.

⁷ Jerusalem remembers^[b]
    her time of affliction and misery;
all her valued belongings^[c]
    of days gone by,
when her people fell into enemy hands,
    with no one to help her,
and her enemies stared at her,
    mocking her downfall.