Banchory Christian Fellowship Church

Lamentations 1 English Standard Version How Lonely Sits the City 1 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. 2 She weeps bitterly in the night,     with tears on her cheeks; among all her lovers     she has none to comfort her; all her friends have dealt treacherously with her;     they have become her enemies. 3 Judah has gone into exile because of affliction[a]     and hard servitude; she dwells now among the nations,     but finds no resting place; her pursuers have all overtaken her     in the midst of her distress.[b] 4 The roads to Zion mourn,     for none come to the festival; all her gates are desolate;     her priests groan; her virgins have been afflicted,[c]     and she herself suffers bitterly. 5 Her foes have become the head;     her enemies prosper, because the Lord has afflicted her     for the multitude of her transgressions; her children have