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The roads to ·Jerusalem [L Zion; C the location of the Temple] ·are sad [mourn],
    because no one comes for the feasts [C Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles].
·No one passes through her gates [L All her gates are desolate].
    Her priests groan,
her young women are ·suffering [afflicted],
    and ·Jerusalem suffers terribly [L she is bitter].

Her foes are now her masters.
    Her enemies ·enjoy the wealth they have taken [prosper].
The Lord is ·punishing [tormenting; afflicting] her
    for her many ·sins [transgressions].
Her ·children [little ones] have gone away
    as captives of the ·enemy [foe].

The ·beauty [splendor; majesty] of ·Jerusalem [L the daughter of Zion; C the location of the Temple; Ps. 48:1–3]
    has gone away.
Her rulers are like deer
    that cannot find ·food [L pasture].
They ·are weak [L go without strength]
    ·and run from the hunters [L before those who pursue/chase/persecute them].

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