Lam 1:1-2, 16-17, 21 | ESV | STEP | How lonely sits the city that was full of people ! How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations ! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave .

m[See ver. 16 above]

Lamentations 1:1-2

How Lonely Sits the City

1 ^aHow lonely sits the city
that was full of people!
How like ^ba widow has she become,
she who was great among the nations!
She who was ^ca princess among the provinces
has become ^da slave.
2 ^eShe weeps bitterly in the night,
with tears on her cheeks;
^famong all her lovers
she has ^gnone to comfort her;
^hall her friends have dealt treacherously with her;
they have become her enemies.

Lamentations 1:16-17

16 “For these things ⁱI weep;
my eyes flow with tears;
for ^ja comforter is far from me,
one to ^krevive my spirit;
my children are desolate,
for the enemy has prevailed.”
17 ^lZion stretches out her hands,
but ^mthere is none to comfort her;
the Lord has commanded against Jacob
that his neighbors should be his foes;
Jerusalem has become
a filthy thing among them.

Lamentations 1:21

21 “They heard ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac Hear} ^omy groaning,
yet ^pthere is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
^qthey are glad that you have done it.
You have brought ^{▼▼Syriac Bring} the day you announced;
^snow let them be as I am.