And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty has departed: her princes have become like harts that find no pasture, and they have gone without strength before the pursuer.
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Interlinear Gloss
AD 1480
Vau- ‘and’
daughter of Sion- the Church or the soul, who are daughters of the heavenly Jerusalem.
her beauty- the priesthood, the ornament of the temple, purity of faith; of virtues.
her princes- herdsmen, masters, who ought to defend their subjects with both horns of the two testaments and repel the rebels.
that find no pastures- of the Scriptures.
have gone away- tied.
without strength- of virtues.
face of the pursuer- before the temptation of the devil.