² Bitterly she weeps^(A) at night,
    tears are on her cheeks.
Among all her lovers^(B)
    there is no one to comfort her.
All her friends have betrayed^(C) her;
    they have become her enemies.^(D)

⁶ I am worn out^(A) from my groaning.^(B)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping^(C)
    and drench my couch with tears.^(D)

²¹ “People have heard my groaning,^(A)
    but there is no one to comfort me.^(B)
All my enemies have heard of my distress;
    they rejoice^(C) at what you have done.
May you bring the day^(D) you have announced
    so they may become like me.

¹⁹ “I called to my allies^(A)
    but they betrayed me.
My priests and my elders
    perished^(B) in the city
while they searched for food
    to keep themselves alive.

¹⁶ “This is why I weep
    and my eyes overflow with tears.^(A)
No one is near to comfort^(B) me,
    no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
    because the enemy has prevailed.”^(C)

¹⁷ Zion stretches out her hands,^(D)
    but there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has decreed for Jacob
    that his neighbors become his foes;^(E)
Jerusalem has become
    an unclean^(F) thing^(G) among them.

⁹ Her filthiness clung to her skirts;
    she did not consider her future.^(A)
Her fall^(B) was astounding;
    there was none to comfort^(C) her.
“Look, Lord, on my affliction,^(D)
    for the enemy has triumphed.”

¹⁴ All your allies^(A) have forgotten you;
    they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy^(B) would
    and punished you as would the cruel,^(C)
because your guilt is so great
    and your sins^(D) so many.