⁴ The roads to Zion mourn,
    for none come to ^(A)the festival;
^(B)all her gates are desolate;
    her priests ^(C)groan;
her virgins have been afflicted,^[a]
    and she herself suffers bitterly.

²¹ “They heard^{[a] (A)}my groaning,
    yet ^(B)there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
    ^(C)they are glad that you have done it.
You have brought^[b] the day you announced;
    ^(D)now let them be as I am.

^22 (E)“Let all their evildoing come before you,
    and deal with them
as ^(F)you have dealt with me
    because of all my transgressions;
for ^(G)my groans are many,
    and ^(H)my heart is faint.”