² Bitterly she weeps^(F) at night,
    tears are on her cheeks.
Among all her lovers^(G)
    there is no one to comfort her.
All her friends have betrayed^(H) her;
    they have become her enemies.^(I)

³ After affliction and harsh labor,
    Judah has gone into exile.^(J)
She dwells among the nations;
    she finds no resting place.^(K)
All who pursue her have overtaken her^(L)
    in the midst of her distress.

⁴ The roads to Zion mourn,^(M)
    for no one comes to her appointed festivals.
All her gateways are desolate,^(N)
    her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
    and she is in bitter anguish.^(O)

⁵ Her foes have become her masters;
    her enemies are at ease.
The Lord has brought her grief^(P)
    because of her many sins.^(Q)
Her children have gone into exile,^(R)
    captive before the foe.^(S)

⁶ All the splendor has departed
    from Daughter Zion.^(T)
Her princes are like deer
    that find no pasture;
in weakness they have fled^(U)
    before the pursuer.

⁷ 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.^(V)
Her enemies looked at her
    and laughed^(W) at her destruction.

⁸ Jerusalem has sinned^(X) greatly
    and so has become unclean.^(Y)
All who honored her despise her,
    for they have all seen her naked;^(Z)
she herself groans^(AA)
    and turns away.

⁹ Her filthiness clung to her skirts;
    she did not consider her future.^(AB)
Her fall^(AC) was astounding;
    there was none to comfort^(AD) her.
“Look, Lord, on my affliction,^(AE)
    for the enemy has triumphed.”

¹⁰ The enemy laid hands
    on all her treasures;^(AF)
she saw pagan nations
    enter her sanctuary^(AG)—
those you had forbidden^(AH)
    to enter your assembly.

¹¹ All her people groan^(AI)
    as they search for bread;^(AJ)
they barter their treasures for food
    to keep themselves alive.
“Look, Lord, and consider,
    for I am despised.”

¹² “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?^(AK)
    Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering^(AL)
    that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
    in the day of his fierce anger?^(AM)

¹³ “From on high he sent fire,
    sent it down into my bones.^(AN)
He spread a net^(AO) for my feet
    and turned me back.
He made me desolate,^(AP)
    faint^(AQ) all the day long.

¹⁴ “My sins have been bound into a yoke^[b];^(AR)
    by his hands they were woven together.
They have been hung on my neck,
    and the Lord has sapped my strength.
He has given me into the hands^(AS)
    of those I cannot withstand.

¹⁵ “The Lord has rejected
    all the warriors in my midst;^(AT)
he has summoned an army^(AU) against me
    to^[c] crush my young men.^(AV)
In his winepress^(AW) the Lord has trampled^(AX)
    Virgin Daughter^(AY) Judah.

¹⁶ “This is why I weep
    and my eyes overflow with tears.^(AZ)
No one is near to comfort^(BA) me,
    no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
    because the enemy has prevailed.”^(BB)

¹⁷ Zion stretches out her hands,^(BC)
    but there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has decreed for Jacob
    that his neighbors become his foes;^(BD)
Jerusalem has become
    an unclean^(BE) thing^(BF) among them.

¹⁸ “The Lord is righteous,^(BG)
    yet I rebelled^(BH) against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
    look on my suffering.^(BI)
My young men and young women
    have gone into exile.^(BJ)

¹⁹ “I called to my allies^(BK)
    but they betrayed me.
My priests and my elders
    perished^(BL) in the city
while they searched for food
    to keep themselves alive.

²⁰ “See, Lord, how distressed^(BM) I am!
    I am in torment^(BN) within,
and in my heart I am disturbed,^(BO)
    for I have been most rebellious.^(BP)
Outside, the sword bereaves;
    inside, there is only death.^(BQ)

²¹ “People have heard my groaning,^(BR)
    but there is no one to comfort me.^(BS)
All my enemies have heard of my distress;
    they rejoice^(BT) at what you have done.
May you bring the day^(BU) you have announced
    so they may become like me.

²² “Let all their wickedness come before you;
    deal with them
as you have dealt with me
    because of all my sins.^(BV)
My groans^(BW) are many
    and my heart is faint.”

2 ^[d]How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion
    with the cloud of his anger^[e]!^(BX)
He has hurled down the splendor of Israel
    from heaven to earth;
he has not remembered his footstool^(BY)
    in the day of his anger.^(BZ)

² Without pity^(CA) the Lord has swallowed^(CB) up
    all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has torn down
    the strongholds^(CC) of Daughter Judah.
He has brought her kingdom and its princes
    down to the ground^(CD) in dishonor.

³ In fierce anger he has cut off
    every horn^[f][g](CE) of Israel.
He has withdrawn his right hand^(CF)
    at the approach of the enemy.
He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire
    that consumes everything around it.^(CG)

⁴ Like an enemy he has strung his bow;^(CH)
    his right hand is ready.
Like a foe he has slain
    all who were pleasing to the eye;^(CI)
he has poured out his wrath^(CJ) like fire^(CK)
    on the tent^(CL) of Daughter Zion.

⁵ The Lord is like an enemy;^(CM)
    he has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces
    and destroyed her strongholds.^(CN)
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation^(CO)
    for Daughter Judah.^(CP)

⁶ He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden;
    he has destroyed^(CQ) his place of meeting.^(CR)
The Lord has made Zion forget
    her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;^(CS)
in his fierce anger he has spurned
    both king and priest.^(CT)