Lamentations 1:1 The Voice (VOICE)

1 ^[a] Aaghh! Lonely is this city that once bustled with life;
Cheer is empty; like a widow, she is abandoned
    and oh, so lonely.
She who was a princess, great among the nations,
    has lost everything and been forced to serve as a slave.

Footnotes:

1. 1:1 A Hebrew acrostic poem. Each verse begins with a successive letter of the alphabet.

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