Lamentations 1:6

⁴ The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to her appointed feasts. All her gates are deserted; her priests groan, her maidens grieve, and she herself is bitter with anguish.

⁵ Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.

All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.

⁷ 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 she received no help. Her enemies looked upon her, laughing at her downfall.

⁸ Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: All the splendor has departed from the Daughter of Zion. Her princes are like deer that find no pasture; they lack the strength to flee in the face of the hunter.
KJV: And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
WEB: All majesty has departed from the daughter of Zion. Her princes have become like deer that find no pasture. They have gone without strength before the pursuer.
ASV: And from the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: Her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, And they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
DARBY: And from the daughter of Zion all her splendour is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture; and they are gone without strength before the pursuer.
BLB: And it has departed from the Daughter of Zion—all her splendor; her princes have become like deer that find no pasture, and they flee without strength before the face of the pursuer.

ÅB: Fra Sions datter svant all hennes prakt; hennes fyrster ble lik hjorter som ikke finner beite, og de gikk der uten kraft for forfølgerens åsyn.
OTB: All prakt har forlatt Datter Sion. Hennes ledere er som hjorter som ikke finner beite; de har flyktet uten styrke foran forfølgeren.
B1930: Fra Sions datter svant all hennes prakt; hennes fyrster blev lik hjorter som ikke finner beite, og de gikk der uten kraft for forfølgerens åsyn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 24:25
And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,
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Ezekiel 24:21
Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’
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Psalms 44:9–11
But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
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Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
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Psalms 50:2
From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth.
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Ezekiel 7:20–22
His beautiful ornaments they transformed into pride and used them to fashion their vile images and detestable idols. Therefore I will make these into something unclean for them.
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Isaiah 12:6
Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
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Ezekiel 11:22–23
Then the cherubim, with the wheels beside them, spread their wings, and the glory of the God of Israel was above them.
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