²¹ “They heard^{[a] (A)}my groaning,
    yet ^(B)there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
    ^(C)they are glad that you have done it.
You have brought^[b] the day you announced;
    ^(D)now let them be as I am.

⁴ The roads to Zion mourn,
    for none come to ^(A)the festival;
^(B)all her gates are desolate;
    her priests ^(C)groan;
her virgins have been afflicted,^[a]
    and she herself suffers bitterly.

^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.

¹¹ All her people ^(A)groan
    as ^(B)they search for bread;
they trade their ^(C)treasures for ^(D)food
    to revive their strength.
“Look, O Lord, and see,
    for I am despised.”