¹⁷ And you will say this word to them,
‘^(A)Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day,
And let them not cease,
For the virgin ^(B)daughter of my people has been shattered with a mighty shattering,
With a sorely ^(C)sick wound.

¹¹ My ^(A)eyes fail because of tears;
My ^[a](B)inmost being is greatly disturbed;
My ^[b](C)heart is poured out on the earth
^(D)Because of the ^[c]destruction of the daughter of my people,
When ^(E)infants and nursing babies faint
In the open squares of the city.

¹⁸ Their ^(A)heart cried out to the Lord,
“O ^(B)wall of the daughter of Zion,
Let your ^(C)tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief;
Let ^[a]your eyes not be still.

⁴⁸ My ^[a](A)eyes run down with streams of water
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

⁴⁹ My eyes pour down ^(B)unceasingly,
Without stopping,