Lamentations 1:17-22

English Standard Version

¹⁷^(A)Zion stretches out her hands,
    but ^(B)there is none to comfort her;
the Lord has commanded against Jacob
    that his neighbors should be his foes;
Jerusalem has become
    a filthy thing among them.

¹⁸^(C)“The Lord is in the right,
    ^(D)for I have rebelled against his word;
but hear, all you peoples,
    and see my suffering;
^(E)my young women and my young men
    have gone into captivity.

¹⁹“I called to ^(F)my lovers,
    but they deceived me;
my priests and elders
    perished in the city,
while ^(G)they sought food
    to revive their strength.

²⁰“Look, O Lord, for I am in distress;
    ^(H)my stomach churns;
my heart is wrung within me,
    because I have been very rebellious.
^(I)In the street the sword bereaves;
    in the house it is like death.

²¹“They heard^[a] ^(J)my groaning,
    yet ^(K)there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
    ^(L)they are glad that you have done it.
You have brought^[b] the day you announced;
    ^(M)now let them be as I am.

²²^(N)“Let all their evildoing come before you,
    and deal with them
as ^(O)you have dealt with me
    because of all my transgressions;
for ^(P)my groans are many,
    and ^(Q)my heart is faint.”