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.

⁴ The 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.

⁵ Her 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.