Lamentations 1:6-8

International Children’s Bible

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.

⁷ Jerusalem is suffering and homeless.
    She remembers all the precious things
    she had in the past.
She remembers when her people were defeated by the enemy.
    There was no one to help her.
When her enemies saw her,
    they laughed to see her ruined.

⁸ Jerusalem sinned terribly.
    So she has become unclean.
Those who honored her hate her now
    because they have seen her nakedness.
Jerusalem groans
    and turns away.