1
THE WORD OF THE VALLEY OF SION. What has happened to thee, that now ye are all gone up to the housetops which help you not?
2
The city is filled with shouting : thy slain are not slain with swords, nor are thy dead those who have died in battle.
3
All thy princes have fled, and captives are tightly bound, and the mighty in thee have fled far away.
4
Therefore I said, Let me alone, I will weep bitterly; labour not to comfort me for the breach of the daughter of my people.
5
For a day of trouble, and of destruction, and of treading down, and perplexity from the Lord of hosts: they wander in the valley of Sion; they wander from the least to the greatest on the mountains.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.