Lamentations 1:18-20

Modern English Version

¹⁸ The Lord is in the right,
    for I have rebelled against His commandment.
Hear now, all peoples,
    and see my sorrow;
my virgins and my young men
    have gone into captivity.

¹⁹ I called for my lovers,
    but they deceived me;
my priests and my elders
    perished in the city,
while they sought food
    to restore their strength.

²⁰ Look, O Lord, for I am in distress;
    my soul is greatly troubled;
my heart is overturned within me,
    for I have grievously rebelled.
In the street the sword bereaves,
    at home it is like death.