Lamentations 1:1-3

Christian Standard Bible

1 How^[a] she sits alone,^(A)
the city^(B) once crowded with people!
She who was great among the nations
has become like a widow.^(C)
The princess among the provinces
has been put to forced labor.

² She weeps bitterly during the night,^(D)
with tears on her cheeks.
There is no one to offer her comfort,
not one from all her lovers.^[b](E)
All her friends have betrayed her;
they have become her enemies.

³ Judah has gone into exile
following^[c] affliction and harsh slavery;
she lives among the nations
but finds no place to rest.^(F)
All her pursuers have overtaken her
in narrow places.