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Fled from cherished[a] Zion
    are all that were her splendor.
Her princes have become like deer
    that cannot find their feeding grounds.
They flee with strength exhausted
    from their pursuers.

Jerusalem remembers[b]
    her time of affliction and misery;
all her valued belongings[c]
    of days gone by,
when her people fell into enemy hands,
    with no one to help her,
and her enemies stared at her,
    mocking her downfall.

Jerusalem sinned greatly,
    and she became unclean.[d]
All who honored her now despise her,
    because they saw her naked.
She herself groans
    and turns her face away.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:6 Lit. from the daughter of
  2. Lamentations 1:7 Or Remember, Lord, Jerusalem,
  3. Lamentations 1:7 Or Perished are all her valued belongings
  4. Lamentations 1:8 Lit. has been removed; i.e. due to ritual uncleanness