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“Now, during its suffering and oppression,
    Jerusalem remembers all the treasures it had from ancient times,
        when its people fell into the power of their enemies
            with no one to help them.
    Their opponents looked on, and they laughed at Jerusalem’s downfall.
Jerusalem has sinned so much that it has become a filthy thing.
    Everyone who used to honor it now despises it.
        They’ve seen it naked.
            Jerusalem groans and turns away.
Jerusalem’s own filth covers its clothes.
    It gave no thought to its future.
    Its downfall was shocking.
        No one offers it comfort.
            ‘O Yahweh, look at my suffering,
                because my enemies have triumphed.’

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In the days of her affliction and wandering
    Jerusalem remembers all the treasures
    that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into enemy hands,
    there was no one to help her.(A)
Her enemies looked at her
    and laughed(B) at her destruction.

Jerusalem has sinned(C) greatly
    and so has become unclean.(D)
All who honored her despise her,
    for they have all seen her naked;(E)
she herself groans(F)
    and turns away.

Her filthiness clung to her skirts;
    she did not consider her future.(G)
Her fall(H) was astounding;
    there was none to comfort(I) her.
“Look, Lord, on my affliction,(J)
    for the enemy has triumphed.”

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