^2 (A)“Judah mourns,
    and ^(B)her gates languish;
her people lament on the ground,
    and ^(C)the cry of Jerusalem goes up.

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.