1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations! She who was queen among the…

1 How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion with the cloud of his anger! He has hurled down the splendour of Israel from heaven to earth; he has not remembered…

1 I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the Lord’s wrath. 2 He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than…

1 How the gold has lost its lustre, the fine gold become dull! The sacred gems are scattered at every street corner. 2 How the precious children of Zion, once…

1 Remember, Lord, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace. 2 Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to foreigners. 3 We have become…