¹⁷ “You shall say to them this word:
^(A)‘Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
    and let them not cease,
for the virgin ^(B)daughter of my people is shattered with a great wound,
    ^(C)with a very grievous blow.

¹³ What can I say for you, ^(A)to what compare you,
    O daughter of Jerusalem?
^(B)What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you,
    O virgin daughter of Zion?
^(C)For your ruin is vast as the sea;
    who can heal you?

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.”

¹⁸ Their heart cried to the Lord.
    O ^(A)wall of the daughter of Zion,
^(B)let tears stream down like a torrent
    ^(C)day and night!
^(D)Give yourself no rest,
    ^(E)your eyes no respite!

¹⁹ Woe is me because of my hurt!
    ^(A)My wound is grievous.
But I said, “Truly this is an affliction,
    and I must bear it.”