¹⁶ “For these things ^(A)I weep;
    my eyes flow with tears;
for ^(B)a comforter is far from me,
    one to ^(C)revive my spirit;
my children are desolate,
    for the enemy has prevailed.”

^17 (D)Zion stretches out her hands,
    but ^(E)there is none to comfort her;
the Lord has commanded against Jacob
    that his neighbors should be his foes;
Jerusalem has become
    a filthy thing among them.

^18 (F)“The Lord is in the right,
    ^(G)for I have rebelled against his word;
but hear, all you peoples,
    and see my suffering;
^(H)my young women and my young men
    have gone into captivity.