Isaiah 38:12-14

Easy-to-Read Version

¹² My home, my shepherd’s tent, is being pulled down and taken from me.
    I am finished like the cloth someone rolls up and cuts from the loom.
    You ended my life in such a short time.
¹³ All night I cried as loud as a lion,
    but my hopes were crushed like a lion eating bones.
    You finished my life in such a short time.
¹⁴ I cried like a bird
    and moaned like a dove.
My eyes became tired,
    but I continued looking to the heavens.
Lord, I am so depressed.
    Promise to help me.”