Lamentations 1:1-2

Lament over Jerusalem

1

Alef

1 How[a] she sits alone,[b] the city [once] crowded with people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has become a slave.

Bet

2 She weeps aloud during the night, with tears on her cheeks. There is no one to offer her comfort, [not one] from all her lovers.[c] All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. The stanzas in Lm 1-4 form an acrostic.
  • [b]. Lm 3:28
  • [c]. Jerusalem's political allies; Jr 22:20-22; Ezk 23
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