“The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly. All her gates are desolate. Her priests sigh. Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.”
— WEB
Lamentations 1:4
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.”
— KJV
“The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; All her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.”
— ASV
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Commentary
feasts--the passover, pentecost (or the feast of weeks), and the feast of tabernacles. gates--once the place of concourse.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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