Zion Lays Desolate
א Aleph
How alonely sits the city
That was bgreat with people!
She has become like a cwidow
Who was once dgreat among the nations!
She who was a princess among the provinces
Has become a eforced laborer!
ב Beth
2 She aweeps bitterly in the night,
And her tears are on her cheeks;
She has none to comfort her
Among all her blovers.
All her friends have cdealt treacherously with her;
They have become her enemies.
ג Gimel
3 aJudah has gone into exile because of affliction
And because of great slavery;
She sits bamong the nations,
But she has found no rest;
All cher pursuers have overtaken her
In the midst of distress.