Lamentations 1:15-20

English Standard Version

¹⁵“The Lord rejected
    all my mighty men in my midst;
he summoned an assembly against me
    to crush my young men;
^(A)the Lord has trodden as in a winepress
    the virgin daughter of Judah.

¹⁶“For these things ^(B)I weep;
    my eyes flow with tears;
for ^(C)a comforter is far from me,
    one to ^(D)revive my spirit;
my children are desolate,
    for the enemy has prevailed.”

¹⁷^(E)Zion stretches out her hands,
    but ^(F)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^(G)“The Lord is in the right,
    ^(H)for I have rebelled against his word;
but hear, all you peoples,
    and see my suffering;
^(I)my young women and my young men
    have gone into captivity.

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

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