In Lamentations 1:1, the once-crowded city of Jerusalem has become like what?

Answer: A widow

"How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow."

“How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.”— Lamentations 1:1 (BSB)