1. How lonely sits the citythat was full of people!How like a widow has she become,she who was great among the nations!She who was a princess among the provinceshas become a slave.
2. She weeps bitterly in the night,with tears 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 exile because of afflictionand hard servitude; she dwells now among the nations, but finds no resting place;her pursuers have all overtaken herin the midst of her distress.
4. The roads to Zion mourn,for none come to the festival; all her gates are desolate;her priests groan;her virgins have been afflicted,and she herself suffers bitterly.
5. Her foes have become the head;her enemies prosper,because the Lord has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions; her children have gone away,captives before the foe.
6. From the daughter of Zionall her majesty has departed.Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture;they fled without strengthbefore the pursuer.