Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageThe roads to Zion are in mourning, for no one comes to her sacred festivals. All her gates are deserted, her priests groan, her young women are grief-stricken — and she herself is in bitterness.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GThe roads to Tziyon are in mourning — no pilgrim comes to the appointed feasts. All her gates stand desolate; her priests groan, her young women grieve, and she herself is in bitter anguish.
KJV
King James VersionThe ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleThe 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.
Footnotes
דַּרְכֵי צִיּוֹן אֲבֵלוֹת — the roads themselves are personified as mourning (feminine plural participle); the very pathways grieve because they are empty of pilgrims. מוֹעֵד (moed) = appointed times/festivals — the sacred calendar of Pesach, Shavuot, and Sukkot that once drew crowds up to Yerushalayim. Their silence is not merely social desolation but a covenantal rupture — the scheduled meeting times between Yisra'el and YHWH have been severed.
