¹⁷ Zion stretches out her hands,^(A)
    but there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has decreed for Jacob
    that his neighbors become his foes;^(B)
Jerusalem has become
    an unclean^(C) thing^(D) among them.

¹⁸ “The Lord is righteous,^(E)
    yet I rebelled^(F) against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
    look on my suffering.^(G)
My young men and young women
    have gone into exile.^(H)

¹⁹ “I called to my allies^(I)
    but they betrayed me.
My priests and my elders
    perished^(J) in the city
while they searched for food
    to keep themselves alive.