Lamentations 2:10-12

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁰ The elders of Daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence.
They have thrown dust on their heads^(A)
and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.^(B)

¹¹ My eyes are worn out from weeping;^(C)
I am churning within.
My heart is poured out in grief^[a](D)
because of the destruction of my dear people,^(E)
because infants and nursing babies faint
in the streets of the city.^(F)

¹² They cry out to their mothers,
“Where is the grain and wine?” ^(G)
as they faint like the wounded
in the streets of the city,
as their life pours out
in the arms of their mothers.