Lamentations

Lamentations 1:4

⁴The 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.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The roads	דַּרְכֵ֨י	dar·ḵê	Noun - common plural construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
to Zion	צִיּ֜וֹן	ṣî·yō·wn	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H6726 Zion
mourn	אֲבֵל֗וֹת	’ă·ḇê·lō·wṯ	Adjective - feminine plural	H57 mourning
because no one	מִבְּלִי֙	mib·bə·lî	Preposition-m; Adverb	H1097 wearing out
comes	בָּאֵ֣י	bā·’ê	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct	H935 come in, come, go in, go
to her appointed feasts	מוֹעֵ֔ד	mō·w·‘êḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H4150 appointed time, place, meeting
All	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
her gates	שְׁעָרֶ֙יהָ֙	šə·‘ā·re·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H8179 gate
are deserted	שֽׁוֹמֵמִ֔ין	šō·w·mê·mîn	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H8074 be desoleted, appalled
her priests	כֹּהֲנֶ֖יהָ	kō·hă·ne·hā	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H3548 priest
groan	נֶאֱנָחִ֑ים	ne·’ĕ·nā·ḥîm	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural	H584 sigh, groan
her maidens	בְּתוּלֹתֶ֥יהָ	bə·ṯū·lō·ṯe·hā	Noun - feminine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H1330 virgin
grieve	נּוּג֖וֹת	nū·ḡōṯ	Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural	H3013 suffer
and she herself	וְהִ֥יא	wə·hî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person feminine singular	H1931 he, she
is bitter with anguish	מַר־	mar-	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H4751 bitter, bitterness

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Jeremiah 9:11 · Joel 1:8–13 · Isaiah 24:4–6 · Jeremiah 14:2 · Lamentations 2:6–7 · Jeremiah 10:22

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.