Albert Barnes Commentary Lamentations 1:6

"And from the daughter of Zion all her majesty is departed: Her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, And they are gone without strength before the pursuer." — Lamentations 1:6 (ASV)

Her princes ... - Jeremiah had in mind the sad flight of Zedekiah and his men of war, and their capture within a few miles of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 39:4–5).