Lamentations 1:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷ Zion reaches out her hands,
    but no one offers comfort.
The Lord has turned
the neighboring nations
    against Jacob's descendants.
Jerusalem is merely a filthy rag
    to her neighbors.

¹⁸ The Lord was right,
    but I refused to obey him.
Now I ask all of you to look
    at my sufferings—
even my young people
    have been dragged away.
¹⁹ I called out to my lovers,
    but they betrayed me.
My priests and my leaders died
while searching the city
    for scraps of food.