4. The roads to Zion mournbecause no one travels thereto celebrate the festivals.The city gates are deserted;priests are weeping.Young women are raped;Zion is in sorrow!
5. Enemies now rule the cityand live as they please.The Lord has punished Jerusalembecause of her awful sins;he has let her peoplebe dragged away.
6. Zion's glory has disappeared.Her leaders are like deerthat cannot find pasture;they are hunted downtill their strength is gone.