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Judah was exiled after suffering and hard service.
She lives among the nations; she finds no rest.
All who were chasing her caught her—
right in the middle of her distress.

Zion’s roads are in mourning; no one comes to the festivals.
All her gates are deserted. Her priests are groaning,
her young women grieving. She is bitter.

Her adversaries have become rulers; her enemies relax.
Certainly the Lord caused her grief because of her many wrong acts.
Her children have gone away, captive before the enemy.

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Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.

The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.

Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

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Guímel

Humillada, cargada de cadenas,
    Judá marchó al exilio.
Una más entre las naciones,
    no encuentra reposo.
Todos sus perseguidores la acosan,
    la ponen en aprietos.

Dálet

Los caminos a Sión están de duelo;
    ya nadie asiste a sus fiestas solemnes.
Las puertas de la ciudad se ven desoladas:
    sollozan sus sacerdotes,
se turban sus doncellas,
    ¡toda ella es amargura!

He

Sus enemigos se volvieron sus amos;
    ¡tranquilos se ven sus adversarios!
El Señor la ha acongojado
    por causa de sus muchos pecados.
Sus hijos marcharon al cautiverio,
    arrastrados por sus enemigos.

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