See her seated by herself, the town which was full of people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced work!

(Gimel) Judah has departed into exile under affliction and harsh oppression. She lives among the nations; she has found no resting place. All who pursued her overtook her in narrow straits.

The Lord has made sport of all my men of war in me, he has got men together against me to send destruction on my young men: the virgin daughter of Judah has been crushed like grapes under the feet of the Lord.

He plowed under his Temple like a garden, spoiling his tent. The LORD abolished in Zion both festivals and Sabbaths. In his fierce wrath he despised both king and priest.

I am [Jeremiah] the man who has seen affliction
Because of the rod of His wrath.

In a man's crushing under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,

Pursue them in anger and eradicate them from under the Lord's heaven.

(Resh) Our very life breath -- the Lord's anointed king -- was caught in their traps, of whom we thought, "Under his protection we will survive among the nations."

Our necks are under persecution, we are weary, and have no rest.

Young men worked at the grinding mill,
And boys fell [staggering] under loads of wood.

The elders sit no more under the gates, and the young men use no more the playing of Music.