Lamentations 1:1; Lamentations 2:1; Lamentations 4:1; Lamentations 4:2

Lamentations 1:1

1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations! She who was queen among the provinces has now become a slave.

Lamentations 2:1

1 How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion with the cloud of his anger ! He has hurled down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger.

Lamentations 4:1

1 How the gold has lost its luster, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at every street corner.

Lamentations 4:2

2 How the precious children of Zion, once worth their weight in gold, are now considered as pots of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!