Study it in the app“The roads of Zion mourn, because no one comes to the appointed feast; all her gates are desolate; her priests groan; her virgins are grieved, and as for her, it is bitter for her.”
The roadsדַּרְכֵיof Zionצִיּוֹןmourn,אֲבֵלוֹתbecause no oneמִבְּלִיcomesבָּאֵיto the appointed feast;מוֹעֵדallכָּלher gatesשְׁעָרֶיהָare desolate;שׁוֹמֵמִיןher priestsכֹּהֲנֶיהָgroan;נֶאֱנָחִיםher virginsבְּתוּלֹתֶיהָare grieved,נּוּגוֹתand as for her,וְהִיאit is bitterמַרfor her.לָהּ
road
The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.
Where else “darche” appearsZion
See it on the mapWhere else “tsiyon” appearsmourning
Mourning, grieving over a death.
Where else “avelot” appearswithout; not
Without; not; nothing.
Where else “beli” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “bae” appearsfestival
Literally "meeting time": days YHWH set for his people to meet him.
Where else “moed” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “sheare” appearsbe desolate
To be left empty and ruined, or make it so.
Where else “shomemin” appearspriest
One who serves in the sanctuary and offers for the people.
Where else “kohane” appearsgroan
Groan, sigh with pain.
Where else “neenachim” appearsvirgin
Young woman not yet married; virgin.
Where else “betulote” appearsgrieve, torment
To grieve, to cause sorrow, to afflict.
Where else “nugot” appearsbitterness
Deep pain of soul, or the cruelty that causes it.
Where else “mar” appearsZion
Today: Mount Zion hill, Jerusalem
A hill in Jerusalem; it first named the fortress David captured, and later sometimes the whole city.
David captured the stronghold of Zion and called it the city of David (2 Sam 5:7). The Psalms and prophets call it the place where God lives among his people (Ps 48:2).
3Judah has gone into exile because of affliction and because of great servitude; she dwells among the nations; she does not find a resting place; all her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of distresses.
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5Her adversaries have become the head; her enemies are at ease, because YHWH has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions; her little children have gone into captivity before the adversary.
