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The roads to Zion are in mourning
Because no one comes to the appointed feasts.
All her gates are desolate;
Her priests are groaning,
Her virgins are grieved and suffering,
And she suffers bitterly.

Verse ConceptsSighingPilgrimageRoadsTragedy On The StreetsFestivals DisregardedMourning Due To CatastropheNo One To Be Found


All her people groan, seeking bread;
They have exchanged their desirable and precious things for food
To restore their lives.
“See, O Lord, and consider
How despised and repulsive I have become!”

Verse ConceptsBarteringInferioritySearchingSeeking FoodSeeking For Concrete Things


“People have heard that I groan,
That I have no comforter [in You].
All my enemies have heard of my desperation;
They are delighted [O Lord] that You have done it.
Oh, that You would bring the day [of judgment] which You have proclaimed
So that they will become like me.

Verse ConceptsComfortless LivesThe Day Of JudgementPleasing MenLike The NationsI Am SufferingNo ComfortWhat God Does


Why should any living mortal, or any man,
Complain [of punishment] in view of his sins?

Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsResentment, Against GodComplaintsComplaining