Lamentations 1:3-5

King James Version

³Judah 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.

⁴The 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.

⁵Her 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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Lamentations 1:3-5

New International Version

³After affliction and harsh labor,
    Judah has gone into exile.^(A)
She dwells among the nations;
    she finds no resting place.^(B)
All who pursue her have overtaken her^(C)
    in the midst of her distress.

⁴The roads to Zion mourn,^(D)
    for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
All her gateways are desolate,^(E)
    her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
    and she is in bitter anguish.^(F)

⁵Her foes have become her masters;
    her enemies are at ease.
The Lord has brought her grief^(G)
    because of her many sins.^(H)
Her children have gone into exile,^(I)
    captive before the foe.^(J)

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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.

⁴The 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.

⁵Her 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.

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Footnotes

Lamentations 1:3 Gentiles
Lamentations 1:4 appointed
Lamentations 1:5 Lit. her head

Lamentations 1:3-5

English Standard Version

³^(A)Judah has gone into exile because of affliction^[a]
    and hard servitude;
^(B)she dwells now among the nations,
    ^(C)but finds no resting place;
her pursuers have all overtaken her
    in the midst of her distress.^[b]

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

⁵^(G)Her foes have become the head;
    her ^(H)enemies prosper,
because ^(I)the Lord has afflicted her
    ^(J)for the multitude of her transgressions;
^(K)her children have gone away,
    captives before the foe.