Lamentations 1:1-2

International Standard Version

The Sorrowful City^[a]

1 How lonely she lies,
    the city that thronged with people!
Like a widow she has become,
    this great one among nations!
The princess among provinces
    has become a vassal.

²Bitterly she cries in the night,
    as tears stream down^[b] her cheeks.
No one consoles her
    of all her friends.
All her neighbors have betrayed her;
    they have become her enemies.

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Lamentations 1:1 This book is an acrostic—successive verses begin with a consecutive letter of the Heb. alphabet except in chapter 3, where every three verses begin with the same consecutive Heb. letter.
Lamentations 1:2 The Heb. lacks stream down

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Lamentations 1:1-2 International Standard Version

The Sorrowful City[a]

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Lamentations 1:1-2

International Standard Version

The Sorrowful City^[a]