The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.
“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, with
Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.
The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.
“Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem.
He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His place of meeting. The LORD has made Zion forg
Listen! The sound of a report is coming—a great commotion from the land to the north. It will make the cities of Judah a
Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lor
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple moun
Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look,
Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.
This is what the LORD says: In this place you say is a wasteland without man or beast, in the cities of Judah and in the
Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and shattered their bars. Her king and her princes are exiled amon
The LORD is righteous, yet I rebelled against His command. Listen, all you people; look upon my suffering. My young men