Lament over Jerusalem

א Aleph

How[a] she sits alone,(A)
the city(B) once crowded with people!
She who was great among the nations
has become like a widow.(C)
The princess among the provinces
has been put to forced labor.

ב Beth

She weeps bitterly during the night,(D)
with tears on her cheeks.
There is no one to offer her comfort,
not one from all her lovers.[b](E)
All her friends have betrayed her;
they have become her enemies.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1 The stanzas in Lm 1–4 form an acrostic.
  2. 1:2 = Jerusalem’s political allies

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