Lamentations 1:5-10

English Standard Version

^5 (A)Her foes have become the head;
    her ^(B)enemies prosper,
because ^(C)the Lord has afflicted her
    ^(D)for the multitude of her transgressions;
^(E)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
    ^(F)that find no pasture;
they fled without strength
    before the pursuer.

⁷ Jerusalem remembers
    in the days of her affliction and wandering
^(G)all the precious things
    that were hers from ^(H)days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the foe,
    and there was none to help her,
her foes gloated over her;
    they ^(I)mocked at her downfall.

^8 (J)Jerusalem sinned grievously;
    therefore she became filthy;
all who honored her despise her,
    ^(K)for they have seen her nakedness;
she herself ^(L)groans
    and turns her face away.

⁹ Her uncleanness was ^(M)in her skirts;
    ^(N)she took no thought of her future;^[a]
therefore her fall is terrible;
    ^(O)she has no comforter.
“O Lord, behold my affliction,
    for the enemy has ^(P)triumphed!”

¹⁰ The enemy has stretched out his hands
    over all her ^(Q)precious things;
for she has seen ^(R)the nations
    enter her sanctuary,
those whom you ^(S)forbade
    to enter your congregation.