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The beauty of Jerusalem
    has gone away.
Her rulers are like deer
    that cannot find food.
They are weak and have run away
    from those who chased them.

Jerusalem is suffering and homeless.
    She remembers all the precious things
    she had in the past.
She remembers when her people were defeated by the enemy.
    There was no one to help her.
When her enemies saw her,
    they laughed to see her ruined.

Jerusalem sinned terribly.
    So she has become unclean.
Those who honored her hate her now
    because they have seen her nakedness.
Jerusalem groans
    and turns away.

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All the splendor has departed
    from Daughter Zion.(A)
Her princes are like deer
    that find no pasture;
in weakness they have fled(B)
    before the pursuer.

In the days of her affliction and wandering
    Jerusalem remembers all the treasures
    that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into enemy hands,
    there was no one to help her.(C)
Her enemies looked at her
    and laughed(D) at her destruction.

Jerusalem has sinned(E) greatly
    and so has become unclean.(F)
All who honored her despise her,
    for they have all seen her naked;(G)
she herself groans(H)
    and turns away.

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