Lamentations 1 1
How desolate sits the city of Jerusalem, once filled with people! She has become like a widow, she who was once great among the nations. The queen of all the world has become a slave-laborer.
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LSV Lamentations 1:1ALEPH-BET How she has sat alone, the city abounding with people! She has been as a widow, the mighty among nations! Princes among provinces, she has become tributary!
EAS Lamentations 1:1The city that was full of people is lonely now. The city is like the wife of a dead husband. Once she was great. She was like a queen among the other places in the country. Now she is a slave.
NCV Lamentations 1:1Jerusalem once was full of people, but now the city is empty. Jerusalem once was a great city among the nations, but now she is like a widow. She was like a queen of all the other cities, but now she is a slave.