5. Her oppressors have become her masters,and her enemies prosper,for the lord has punished Jerusalemfor her many sins.Her children have been capturedand taken away to distant lands.
6. All the majesty of beautiful Jerusalemhas been stripped away.Her princes are like starving deersearching for pasture.They are too weak to runfrom the pursuing enemy.
7. In the midst of her sadness and wandering,Jerusalem remembers her ancient splendor.But now she has fallen to her enemy,and there is no one to help her.Her enemy struck her downand laughed as she fell.