August 28: Lamentations 1–2

Lamentations 1–2 Lamentations 1–2 (Listen) How Lonely Sits the City 1   How lonely sits the city<br />    that was full of people!<br />  How like a widow has she become,<br />    she who was great among the nations!<br />  She who was a princess among the provinces<br />    has become a slave.<br /> 2   She weeps bitterly in the night,<br />    with tears on her cheeks;<br />  among all her lovers<br />    she has none to comfort her;<br />  all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;<br />    they have become her enemies.<br /> 3   Judah has gone into exile because of affliction1<br />    and hard servitude;<br />  she dwells now among the nations,<br />    but finds no resting place;<br />  her pursuers have all overtaken her<br />    in the midst of her distress.2<br /> 4   The roads to Zion mourn,<br />    for none come to the festival;<br />