“Judah has gone into captivity because of afflictionand because of great servitude.She dwells among the nations.She finds no rest.All her persecutors overtook her in her distress.”
Lamentations 1:3 (WEB)
Context Reading
1How the city sits solitary,that was full of people!She has become as a widow,who was great among the nations!She who was a princess among the provinceshas become a slave! 2She weeps bitterly in the night.Her tears are on her cheeks.Among all her loversshe has no one to comfort her.All her friends have dealt treacherously with her.They have become her enemies. 3Judah has gone into captivity because of afflictionand because of great servitude.She dwells among the nations.She finds no rest.All her persecutors overtook her in her distress. 4The roads to Zion mourn,because no one comes to the solemn assembly.All her gates are desolate.Her priests sigh.Her virgins are afflicted,and she herself is in bitterness. 5Her adversaries have become the head.Her enemies prosper;for Yahwehhas afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions.Her young children have gone into captivity before the adversary.