3. Judah has gone into exilefollowing affliction and harsh slavery;she lives among the nationsbut finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken herin narrow places.
4. The roads to Zion mourn,for no one comes to the appointed festivals. All her gates are deserted;her priests groan,her young women grieve,and she herself is bitter.
5. Her adversaries have become her masters; her enemies are at ease, for the Lord has made her sufferbecause of her many transgressions.Her children have gone awayas captives before the adversary.
6. All her splendor has vanishedfrom Daughter Zion. Her leaders are like stagsthat find no pasture;they walk away exhaustedbefore the hunter.
7. During the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her precious belongingsthat were hers in days of old.When her people fell into the adversary’s hand,she had no one to help.The adversaries looked at her,laughing over her downfall.
8. Jerusalem has sinned grievously;therefore, she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her,for they have seen her nakedness.She herself groans and turns away.
9. Her uncleanness stains her skirts. She never considered her end.Her downfall was astonishing; there was no one to comfort her.Lord, look on my affliction,for the enemy triumphs!
10. The adversary has seizedall her precious belongings.She has even seen the nationsenter her sanctuary —those You had forbiddento enter Your assembly.
11. All her people groanwhile they search for bread. They have traded their precious belongings for foodin order to stay alive. Lord, look and seehow I have become despised.
12. Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see!Is there any pain like mine,which was dealt out to me,which the Lord made me sufferon the day of His burning anger?
13. He sent fire from heaven into my bones;He made it descend. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back.He made me desolate,sick all day long.