(A)She weeps bitterly in the night,
    with tears on her cheeks;
(B)among all her lovers
    she has (C)none to comfort her;
(D)all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
    they have become her enemies.

(E)Judah has gone into exile because of affliction[a]
    and hard servitude;
(F)she dwells now among the nations,
    (G)but finds no resting place;
her pursuers have all overtaken her
    in the midst of her distress.[b]

The roads to Zion mourn,
    for none come to (H)the festival;
(I)all her gates are desolate;
    her priests (J)groan;
her virgins have been afflicted,[c]
    and she herself suffers bitterly.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:3 Or under affliction
  2. Lamentations 1:3 Or in the narrow passes
  3. Lamentations 1:4 Septuagint, Old Latin dragged away

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