Lam 1:4-6, Zec 8:3-5 | 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 1:4-6

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.
5 ^eHer foes have become the head;
her ^fenemies prosper,
because ^gthe Lord has afflicted her
^hfor the multitude of her transgressions;
ⁱher children have gone away,
captives before the foe.
6 From the daughter of Zion
all her majesty has departed.
Her princes have become like deer
^jthat find no pasture;
they fled without strength
before the pursuer.

Zechariah 8:3-5

3 Thus says the Lord: ^kI have returned to Zion and ^lwill dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, ^mand Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city, ⁿand the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the holy mountain. 4 Thus says the Lord of hosts: ^oOld men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great age. 5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.