Lamentations 1:3-5

GOD’S WORD Translation

³“Judah has been exiled after ⌞much⌟ suffering and harsh treatment.
Its ⌞people⌟ live among the nations; they find no rest.
Those who chased them caught up with them
in places where there was no way out.

⁴“The roads to Zion are deserted.^[a]
No one comes to the annual festivals.
No one passes through any of its gates.^[b]
Its priests are groaning.
Its young women are made to suffer.
Zion is bitter.
⁵Its opponents are now in control.
Its enemies have no worries.
The Lord made Zion suffer for its many rebellious acts.
Its children go ahead of their opponents into captivity.

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Footnotes

1:4 Or “are in mourning.”
1:4 Or “All its gates are in despair.”

Lamentations 1:3-5

New International Version

³After affliction and harsh labor,
    Judah has gone into exile.^(A)
She dwells among the nations;
    she finds no resting place.^(B)
All who pursue her have overtaken her^(C)
    in the midst of her distress.

⁴The roads to Zion mourn,^(D)
    for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
All her gateways are desolate,^(E)
    her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
    and she is in bitter anguish.^(F)

⁵Her foes have become her masters;
    her enemies are at ease.
The Lord has brought her grief^(G)
    because of her many sins.^(H)
Her children have gone into exile,^(I)
    captive before the foe.^(J)

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Lamentations 1:3-5

New King James Version

³^(A)Judah has gone into captivity,
Under affliction and hard servitude;
^(B)She dwells among the ^[a]nations,
She finds no ^(C)rest;
All her persecutors overtake her in dire straits.

⁴The roads to Zion mourn
Because no one comes to the ^[b]set feasts.
All her gates are ^(D)desolate;
Her priests sigh,
Her virgins are afflicted,
And she is in bitterness.

⁵Her adversaries ^(E)have become ^[c]the master,
Her enemies prosper;
For the Lord has afflicted her
^(F)Because of the multitude of her transgressions.
Her ^(G)children have gone into captivity before the enemy.