Lamentations 1:8-10

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^8 (A)Jerusalem sinned grievously;
    therefore she became filthy;
all who honoured her despise her,
    ^(B)for they have seen her nakedness;
she herself ^(C)groans
    and turns her face away.
⁹ Her uncleanness was ^(D)in her skirts;
    ^(E)she took no thought of her future;^[a]
therefore her fall is terrible;
    ^(F)she has no comforter.
“O Lord, behold my affliction,
    for the enemy has ^(G)triumphed!”
¹⁰ The enemy has stretched out his hands
    over all her ^(H)precious things;
for she has seen ^(I)the nations
    enter her sanctuary,
those whom you ^(J)forbade
    to enter your congregation.