Lamentations 1:5-7

New King James Version

⁵Her adversaries ^(A)have become ^[a]the master,
Her enemies prosper;
For the Lord has afflicted her
^(B)Because of the multitude of her transgressions.
Her ^(C)children have gone into captivity before the enemy.

⁶And from the daughter of Zion
All her splendor has departed.
Her princes have become like deer
That find no pasture,
That ^[b]flee without strength
Before the pursuer.

⁷In the days of her affliction and roaming,
Jerusalem ^(D)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 ^[c]downfall.

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Footnotes

Lamentations 1:5 Lit. her head
Lamentations 1:6 Lit. are gone
Lamentations 1:7 Vg. Sabbaths

Lamentations 1:5-7

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.

⁶From 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.

⁷Jerusalem 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.

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Lamentations 1:5-7

New American Standard Bible

⁵Her adversaries have become ^[a]her masters,
Her enemies are ^[b]secure;
For the Lord has ^[c]^(A)caused her grief
Because of the multitude of her wrongdoings;
Her little ones have gone away
As captives ^[d]led by the enemy.
⁶All of her ^(B)splendor
Is gone from the daughter of Zion;
Her leaders have become like deer
That have found no pasture,
And they have ^[e]^(C)fled without strength
^[f]From the pursuer.
⁷In the days of her affliction and homelessness
^(D)Jerusalem remembers all her treasures
That were hers since the days of old,
When her people fell into the hand of the adversary
And ^(E)no one helped her.
The adversaries saw her,
They ^(F)laughed at her ^[g]ruin.