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哀嘆錫安居民被擄

先前滿有人民的城,現在何竟獨坐!先前在列國中為大的,現在竟如寡婦!先前在諸省中為王后的,現在成為進貢的! 她夜間痛哭,淚流滿腮。在一切所親愛的中間,沒有一個安慰她的。她的朋友都以詭詐待她,成為她的仇敵。

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[a]How deserted(A) lies the city,
    once so full of people!(B)
How like a widow(C) is she,
    who once was great(D) among the nations!
She who was queen among the provinces
    has now become a slave.(E)

Bitterly she weeps(F) at night,
    tears are on her cheeks.
Among all her lovers(G)
    there is no one to comfort her.
All her friends have betrayed(H) her;
    they have become her enemies.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:1 This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.