Lam 1:4, 16, Joe 2:17 | ESV | STEP | The roads to Zion mourn , for none come to the festival ; all her gates are desolate ; her priests groan ; her virgins have been afflicted , and she herself suffers bitterly .

Lamentations 1:4

4 The roads to Zion mourn,
for none come to ^athe festival;
^ball her gates are desolate;
her priests ^cgroan;
her virgins have been afflicted, ^{▼▼Septuagint, Old Latin dragged away}
and she herself suffers bitterly.

Lamentations 1:16

16 “For these things ^eI weep;
my eyes flow with tears;
for ^fa comforter is far from me,
one to ^grevive my spirit;
my children are desolate,
for the enemy has prevailed.”

Joel 2:17

17 ^hBetween the ⁱvestibule and the ^jaltar
^klet the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep
and say, “Spare your people, O Lord,
and make not your heritage a reproach,
a byword among the nations. ^{▼▼Or reproach, that the nations should rule over them}
^mWhy should they say among the peoples,
‘Where is their God?’”