Lamentations 1:4-6
English Standard Version
4 The roads to Zion mourn,
for none come to (A)the festival;
(B)all her gates are desolate;
her priests (C)groan;
her virgins have been afflicted,[a]
and she herself suffers bitterly.
5 (D)Her foes have become the head;
her (E)enemies prosper,
because (F)the Lord has afflicted her
(G)for the multitude of her transgressions;
(H)her children have gone away,
captives before the foe.
6 From the daughter of Zion
all her majesty has departed.
Her princes have become like deer
(I)that find no pasture;
they fled without strength
before the pursuer.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 1:4 Septuagint, Old Latin dragged away
Lamentations 1:4-6
King James Version
4 The 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.
5 Her 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.
6 And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
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