Lamentations 1:11-13

Good News Translation

¹¹ Her people groan as they look for something to eat;
    They exchange their treasures for food to keep themselves alive.
    “Look at me, Lord,” the city cries; “see me in my misery.”

¹² “Look at me!” she cries to everyone who passes by.^[a]
    “No one has ever had pain like mine,
    Pain that the Lord brought on me in the time of his anger.

¹³ “He sent fire from above, a fire that burned inside me.
    He set a trap for me and brought me to the ground.
    Then he abandoned me and left me in constant pain.