1:1 How
lonely
sits
the
city
that
was
full
of
people!
How
like
a
widow
has
she
become,
she
who
was
great
among
the
nations!
She
who
was
a
princess
among
the
provinces
has
become
a
slave.
1:2 She
weeps
bitterly
in
the
night,
with
tears
on
her
cheeks;
among
all
her
lovers
she
has
none
to
comfort
her;
all
her
friends
have
dealt
treacherously
with
her;
they
have
become
her
enemies.
1:3 Judah
has
gone
into
exile
because
of
affliction
and
hard
servitude;
she
dwells
now
among
the
nations,
but
finds
no
resting
place;
her
pursuers
have
all
overtaken
her
in
the
midst
of
her
distress.
1:4 The
roads
to
Zion
mourn,
for
none
come
to
the
festival;
all
her
gates
are
desolate;
her
priests
groan;
her
virgins
have
been
afflicted,
and
she
herself
suffers
bitterly.
1:5 Her
foes
have
become
the
head;
her
enemies
prosper,
because
the
LORD
has
afflicted
her
for
the
multitude
of
her
transgressions;
her
children
have
gone
away,
captives
before
the
foe.
1:6 From
the
daughter
of
Zion
all
her
majesty
has
departed.
Her
princes
have
become
like
deer
that
find
no
pasture;
they
fled
without
strength
before
the
pursuer.
1:7 Jerusalem
remembers
in
the
days
of
her
affliction
and
wandering
all
the
precious
things
that
were
hers
from
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
mocked
at
her
downfall.
1:8 Jerusalem
sinned
grievously;
therefore
she
became
filthy;
all
who
honored
her
despise
her,
for
they
have
seen
her
nakedness;
she
herself
groans
and
turns
her
face
away.
1:9 Her
uncleanness
was
in
her
skirts;
she
took
no
thought
of
her
future;
therefore
her
fall
is
terrible;
she
has
no
comforter.
"O
LORD,
behold
my
affliction,
for
the
enemy
has
triumphed!"
1:10 The
enemy
has
stretched
out
his
hands
over
all
her
precious
things;
for
she
has
seen
the
nations
enter
her
sanctuary,
those
whom
you
forbade
to
enter
your
congregation.
1:11 All
her
people
groan
as
they
search
for
bread;
they
trade
their
treasures
for
food
to
revive
their
strength.
"Look,
O
LORD,
and
see,
for
I
am
despised."
1:12 "Is
it
nothing
to
you,
all
you
who
pass
by
Look
and
see
if
there
is
any
sorrow
like
my
sorrow,
which
was
brought
upon
me,
which
the
LORD
inflicted
on
the
day
of
his
fierce
anger.
1:13 "From
on
high
he
sent
fire;
into
my
bones
he
made
it
descend;
he
spread
a
net
for
my
feet;
he
turned
me
back;
he
has
left
me
stunned,
faint
all
the
day
long.
1:14 "My
transgressions
were
bound
into
a
yoke;
by
his
hand
they
were
fastened
together;
they
were
set
upon
my
neck;
he
caused
my
strength
to
fail;
the
Lord
gave
me
into
the
hands
of
those
whom
I
cannot
withstand.
1:15 "The
Lord
rejected
all
my
mighty
men
in
my
midst;
he
summoned
an
assembly
against
me
to
crush
my
young
men;
the
Lord
has
trodden
as
in
a
winepress
the
virgin
daughter
of
Judah.
1:16 "For
these
things
I
weep;
my
eyes
flow
with
tears;
for
a
comforter
is
far
from
me,
one
to
revive
my
spirit;
my
children
are
desolate,
for
the
enemy
has
prevailed."
1:17 Zion
stretches
out
her
hands,
but
there
is
none
to
comfort
her;
the
LORD
has
commanded
against
Jacob
that
his
neighbors
should
be
his
foes;
Jerusalem
has
become
a
filthy
thing
among
them.
1:18 "The
LORD
is
in
the
right,
for
I
have
rebelled
against
his
word;
but
hear,
all
you
peoples,
and
see
my
suffering;
my
young
women
and
my
young
men
have
gone
into
captivity.
1:19 "I
called
to
my
lovers,
but
they
deceived
me;
my
priests
and
elders
perished
in
the
city,
while
they
sought
food
to
revive
their
strength.
1:20 "Look,
O
LORD,
for
I
am
in
distress;
my
stomach
churns;
my
heart
is
wrung
within
me,
because
I
have
been
very
rebellious.
In
the
street
the
sword
bereaves;
in
the
house
it
is
like
death.
1:21 "They
heard
my
groaning,
yet
there
is
no
one
to
comfort
me.
All
my
enemies
have
heard
of
my
trouble;
they
are
glad
that
you
have
done
it.
You
have
brought
the
day
you
announced;
now
let
them
be
as
I
am.
1:22 "Let
all
their
evildoing
come
before
you,
and
deal
with
them
as
you
have
dealt
with
me
because
of
all
my
transgressions;
for
my
groans
are
many,
and
my
heart
is
faint."