4. The roads to Zion mourn because no one travels to the festivals.All her city gates are deserted;her priests groan.Her virgins grieve; she is in bitter anguish!ה (He)
5. Her foes subjugated her;her enemies are at ease. For the Lord afflicted herbecause of her many acts of rebellion.Her children went awaycaptive before the enemy.ו (Vav)
6. All of Daughter Zion’s splendorhas departed. Her leaders became like deer;they found no pasture,so they were too exhausted to escape from the hunter.ז (Zayin)
7. Jerusalem remembers, when she became a poor homeless person,all her treasuresthat she owned in days of old.When her people fell into an enemy’s grip, none of her allies came to her rescue. Her enemies gloated over her;they sneered at her downfall.ח (Khet)
8. Jerusalem committed terrible sin;therefore she became an object of scorn.All who admired her have despised her because they have seen her nakedness.She groans aloudand turns away in shame.ט (Tet)
9. Her menstrual flow has soiled her clothing;she did not consider the consequences of her sin.Her demise was astonishing,and there was no one to comfort her.She cried, “Look, O Lord, on my affliction because my enemy boasts!”י (Yod)
10. An enemy grabbed all her valuables. Indeed she watched in horror as Gentiles invaded her holy temple – those whom you had commanded: “They must not enter your assembly place.”כ (Kaf)
11. All her people groanedas they searched for a morsel of bread.They exchanged their valuablesfor just enough food to stay alive.“Look, O Lord! Considerthat I have become worthless!”ל (Lamed)
12. Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by on the road?Look and see!Is there any pain like mine?The Lord has afflicted me,he has inflicted it on me when he burned with anger.מ (Mem)
13. He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back.He has made me desolate;I am faint all day long.נ (Nun)