Lamentations 1:17-19

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁷ Zion spreads out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her.
    The Lord has commanded those who surround Jacob to be his foes.
    Among them, Jerusalem has become an unclean thing.
¹⁸ The Lord is righteous. I am the one who rebelled against the word from his mouth.
    Please listen, all you peoples, and see my pain.
    My virgins and my best young men have gone into captivity.
¹⁹ I called to my lovers, but they deceived me.
    My priests and my elders perished in the city,
    as they sought food for themselves to restore their lives.