And from the daughter of Zion
All her splendor has departed.
Her princes have become like deer
That find no pasture,
That [a]flee without strength
Before the pursuer.

In the days of her affliction and roaming,
Jerusalem (A)remembers all her pleasant things
That she had in the days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the enemy,
With no one to help her,
The adversaries saw her
And mocked at her [b]downfall.

(B)Jerusalem has sinned gravely,
Therefore she has become [c]vile.
All who honored her despise her
Because (C)they have seen her nakedness;
Yes, she sighs and turns away.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:6 Lit. are gone
  2. Lamentations 1:7 Vg. Sabbaths
  3. Lamentations 1:8 LXX, Vg. moved or removed

All the splendor has departed
    from Daughter Zion.(A)
Her princes are like deer
    that find no pasture;
in weakness they have fled(B)
    before the pursuer.

In the days of her affliction and wandering
    Jerusalem remembers all the treasures
    that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into enemy hands,
    there was no one to help her.(C)
Her enemies looked at her
    and laughed(D) at her destruction.

Jerusalem has sinned(E) greatly
    and so has become unclean.(F)
All who honored her despise her,
    for they have all seen her naked;(G)
she herself groans(H)
    and turns away.

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