⁴ The roads to Zion^(A) mourn,
for no one comes to the appointed festivals.^(B)
All her gates are deserted;
her priests groan,
her young women grieve,
and she herself is bitter.

⁸ Jerusalem has sinned grievously;
therefore, she has become an object of scorn.^[a]
All who honoured her now despise her,
for they have seen her nakedness.
She herself groans and turns away.