1How lonely sits the city That was full of people! She has become like a widow Who was [once] great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces Has become a forced laborer!H5892H3427H910H7227H5971H490H7227H1471H8282H4082H45222She weeps bitterly in the night, And her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her Among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies.H1058H1058H3915H1832H3895H157H5162H7453H898H3413Judah has gone into exile under affliction, And under harsh servitude; She dwells among the nations, [But] she has found no rest; All her pursuers have overtaken her In the midst of distress.H3063H1540H6040H7230H5656H3427H1471H4672H4494H7291H5381H47124The roads of Zion are in mourning Because no one comes to the appointed feasts. All her gates are desolate; Her priests are groaning, Her virgins are afflicted, And she herself is bitter.H1870H6726H57H935H4150H8179H8074H3548H584H1330H3013H48435Her adversaries have become her masters, Her enemies prosper; For the LORD has caused her grief Because of the multitude of her transgressions; Her little ones have gone away As captives before the adversary.H6862H7218H341H7951H3068H3013H7230H6588H5768H1980H7628H6440H68626And all her majesty Has departed from the daughter of Zion; Her princes have become like bucks That have found no pasture; And they have fled without strength Before the pursuer.H1323H6726H1926H3318H8269H354H4672H4829H3212H3581H6440H72917In the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her precious things That were from the days of old When her people fell into the hand of the adversary, And no one helped her. The adversaries saw her, They mocked at her ruin.H3389H2142H3117H6040H4788H4262H3117H6924H5971H5307H3027H6862H5826H6862H7200H7832H48688Jerusalem sinned greatly, Therefore she has become an unclean thing. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself groans and turns away.H3389H2399H2398H5206H3513H2107H7200H6172H584H7725H2689Her uncleanness was in her skirts; She did not consider her future; Therefore she has fallen astonishingly; She has no comforter. "See, O LORD, my affliction, For the enemy has magnified himself!"H2932H7757H2142H319H3381H6382H5162H3068H7200H6040H341H143110The adversary has stretched out his hand Over all her precious things, For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, The ones whom Thou didst command That they should not enter into Thy congregation.H6862H6566H3027H4261H7200H1471H935H4720H6680H935H695111All her people groan seeking bread; They have given their precious things for food To restore their lives themselves. "See, O LORD, and look, For I am despised."H5971H584H1245H3899H5414H4261H4262H400H7725H5315H7200H3068H5027H215112"Is it nothing to all you who pass this way? Look and see if there is any pain like my pain Which was severely dealt out to me, Which the LORD inflicted on the day of His fierce anger.H5674H1870H5027H7200H3426H4341H4341H5953H3068H3013H3117H2740H63913"From on high He sent fire into my bones, And it prevailed [over them;] He has spread a net for my feet; He has turned me back; He has made me desolate, Faint all day long.H4791H7971H784H6106H7287H6566H7568H7272H7725H268H5414H8074H1739H311714"The yoke of my transgressions is bound; By His hand they are knit together; They have come upon my neck; He has made my strength fail; The Lord has given me into the hands Of [those against whom] I am not able to stand.H5923H6588H8244H3027H8276H5927H6677H3581H3782H136H5414H3027H3201H696515"The Lord has rejected all my strong men In my midst; He has called an appointed time against me To crush my young men; The Lord has trodden [as in] a wine press The virgin daughter of Judah.H136H5541H47H7130H7121H4150H7665H970H136H1869H1330H1323H3063H166016"For these things I weep; My eyes run down with water; Because far from me is a comforter, One who restores my soul; My children are desolate Because the enemy has prevailed."H1058H5869H5869H3381H4325H5162H7725H5315H7368H1121H8074H341H139617Zion stretches out her hands; There is no one to comfort her; The LORD has commanded concerning Jacob That the ones round about him should be his adversaries; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them.H6726H6566H3027H5162H3068H6680H3290H6862H5439H3389H507918"The LORD is righteous; For I have rebelled against His command; Hear now, all peoples, And behold my pain; My virgins and my young men Have gone into captivity.H3068H6662H4784H6310H8085H5971H7200H4341H1330H970H1980H762819"I called to my lovers, [but] they deceived me; My priests and my elders perished in the city, While they sought food to restore their strength themselves.H7121H157H7411H3548H2205H1478H5892H1245H400H7725H531520"See, O LORD, for I am in distress; My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is overturned within me, For I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword slays; In the house it is like death.H7200H3068H6887H4578H2560H3820H2015H7130H4784H4784H2351H2719H7921H1004H419421"They have heard that I groan; There is no one to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of my calamity; They are glad that Thou hast done [it.] Oh, that Thou wouldst bring the day which Thou hast proclaimed, That they may become like me.H8085H584H5162H341H8085H7451H7797H6213H935H3117H7121H364422"Let all their wickedness come before Thee; And deal with them as Thou hast dealt with me For all my transgressions; For my groans are many, and my heart is faint."H7451H935H6440H5953H5953H6588H585H7227H3820H1742