1. How lonely sits the citythat was full of people!How she has become like a widow,who was once great among the nations!She who was a princess among the provinceshas become a slave!
2. She weeps sorely in the night,her tears are on her cheeks;among all her loversshe has none to comfort her.All her friends have dealt treacherously with her;they have become her enemies.
3. Judah has gone into captivity,under affliction and great servitude;she dwells among the nations,she finds no rest;all her persecutors overtook herin the midst of distress.
4. The roads to Zion mournbecause no one comes to the solemn feasts.All her gates are desolate;her priests sigh,her virgins are afflicted,and she herself suffers bitterly.
5. Her adversaries have become her masters,her enemies prosper;for the Lord has afflicted herbecause of the multitude of her transgressions.Her children have gone into captivitybefore the enemy.
6. From the daughter of Zionall her beauty has departed.Her princes have become like deerthat find no pasture;they fled without strengthbefore the pursuer.
7. In the days of her affliction and miseryJerusalem remembers all her pleasant thingsthat she had in the days of old.When her people fell into the hand of the enemy,there was no one to help her.The adversaries saw herand mocked at her desolation.