The roads to 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.
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Interlinear Gloss
AD 1480
Daleth- ‘of planks.’ Of incorruptible cedar wood and sethim is the house of the Lord built.
The ways- preachers
of Zion- heavenly
none that come- on the feet of the mind.
solemn feast- of the heavenly fatherland, whence: Appoint a solemn day, with shady boughs, even to the horn of the altar ; of angels.
all her gates- which ought to be decorated.
her priests- who ought to rejoice.
sigh- on account of their sins.
her virgins- chaste intentions; who ought to shine.
in affliction- since they are stained with vices.
she- the conquered people.
oppressed with bitterness- of her vices.