Lamentations 1:4-6

International Children’s Bible

⁴ The roads to Jerusalem are sad.
    No one comes to Jerusalem for the feasts.
No one passes through her gates.
    And her priests groan.
Her young women are suffering.
    And Jerusalem suffers terribly.

⁵ Her enemies have become her masters.
    Her enemies enjoy the wealth they have won.
The Lord is punishing her
    for her many sins.
Her children have gone away.
    They are captives of the enemy in a foreign land.

⁶ The beauty of Jerusalem
    has gone away.
Her rulers are like deer
    that cannot find food.
They are weak and have run away
    from those who chased them.