Lamentations 1:19-21

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹⁹ “I ^(A)called to my lovers, but they deceived me;
My ^(B)priests and my elders perished in the city
While they sought food to ^(C)restore ^[a]their strength themselves.
²⁰ “See, O Lord, for I am in distress;
My ^[b](D)spirit is greatly troubled;
My heart is overturned within me,
For I have been very ^(E)rebellious.
In the street the sword ^[c]slays;
In the house it is like death.
²¹ “They have heard that I ^(F)groan;
There is no one to comfort me;
All my enemies have heard of my ^[d]calamity;
They are ^(G)glad that You have done it.
Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed,
That they may become ^(H)like me.