³ After 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.

⁴ The 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)

⁵ Her 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)