Lamentations 1:3
Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
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1 How does the city sit solitary, full of people! is she become as a widow! she great among the nations, princess among the provinces, is she become tributary!
2 She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears on her cheeks: among all her lovers she has none to comfort : all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
3 Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
4 The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she in bitterness.
5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Yahuah has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.