⁸ Jerusalem has sinned^(A) greatly
    and so has become unclean.^(B)
All who honored her despise her,
    for they have all seen her naked;^(C)
she herself groans^(D)
    and turns away.

⁹ Her filthiness clung to her skirts;
    she did not consider her future.^(E)
Her fall^(F) was astounding;
    there was none to comfort^(G) her.
“Look, Lord, on my affliction,^(H)
    for the enemy has triumphed.”

¹⁰ The enemy laid hands
    on all her treasures;^(I)
she saw pagan nations
    enter her sanctuary^(J)—
those you had forbidden^(K)
    to enter your assembly.

¹¹ All her people groan^(L)
    as they search for bread;^(M)
they barter their treasures for food
    to keep themselves alive.
“Look, Lord, and consider,
    for I am despised.”

¹² “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?^(N)
    Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering^(O)
    that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
    in the day of his fierce anger?^(P)

¹³ “From on high he sent fire,
    sent it down into my bones.^(Q)
He spread a net^(R) for my feet
    and turned me back.
He made me desolate,^(S)
    faint^(T) all the day long.

¹⁴ “My sins have been bound into a yoke^[a];^(U)
    by his hands they were woven together.
They have been hung on my neck,
    and the Lord has sapped my strength.
He has given me into the hands^(V)
    of those I cannot withstand.

¹⁵ “The Lord has rejected
    all the warriors in my midst;^(W)
he has summoned an army^(X) against me
    to^[b] crush my young men.^(Y)
In his winepress^(Z) the Lord has trampled^(AA)
    Virgin Daughter^(AB) Judah.

¹⁶ “This is why I weep
    and my eyes overflow with tears.^(AC)
No one is near to comfort^(AD) me,
    no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
    because the enemy has prevailed.”^(AE)

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

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

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

²⁰ “See, Lord, how distressed^(AP) I am!
    I am in torment^(AQ) within,
and in my heart I am disturbed,^(AR)
    for I have been most rebellious.^(AS)
Outside, the sword bereaves;
    inside, there is only death.^(AT)

²¹ “People have heard my groaning,^(AU)
    but there is no one to comfort me.^(AV)
All my enemies have heard of my distress;
    they rejoice^(AW) at what you have done.
May you bring the day^(AX) you have announced
    so they may become like me.

²² “Let all their wickedness come before you;
    deal with them
as you have dealt with me
    because of all my sins.^(AY)
My groans^(AZ) are many
    and my heart is faint.”

¹⁰ The elders of Daughter Zion
    sit on the ground in silence;^(A)
they have sprinkled dust^(B) on their heads^(C)
    and put on sackcloth.^(D)
The young women of Jerusalem
    have bowed their heads to the ground.^(E)

¹¹ My eyes fail from weeping,^(F)
    I am in torment within^(G);
my heart^(H) is poured out^(I) on the ground
    because my people are destroyed,^(J)
because children and infants faint^(K)
    in the streets of the city.

¹² They say to their mothers,
    “Where is bread and wine?”^(L)
as they faint like the wounded
    in the streets of the city,
as their lives ebb away^(M)
    in their mothers’ arms.^(N)

¹³ What can I say for you?^(O)
    With what can I compare you,
    Daughter^(P) Jerusalem?
To what can I liken you,
    that I may comfort you,
    Virgin Daughter Zion?^(Q)
Your wound is as deep as the sea.^(R)
    Who can heal you?

¹⁴ The visions of your prophets
    were false^(S) and worthless;
they did not expose your sin
    to ward off your captivity.^(T)
The prophecies they gave you
    were false and misleading.^(U)

¹⁵ All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;^(V)
they scoff^(W) and shake their heads^(X)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:^(Y)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,^(Z)
    the joy of the whole earth?”^(AA)

¹⁶ All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;^(AB)
they scoff and gnash their teeth^(AC)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.^(AD)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”^(AE)

¹⁷ The Lord has done what he planned;
    he has fulfilled^(AF) his word,
    which he decreed long ago.^(AG)
He has overthrown you without pity,^(AH)
    he has let the enemy gloat over you,^(AI)
    he has exalted the horn^[a] of your foes.^(AJ)

¹⁸ The hearts of the people
    cry out to the Lord.^(AK)
You walls of Daughter Zion,^(AL)
    let your tears^(AM) flow like a river
    day and night;^(AN)
give yourself no relief,
    your eyes no rest.^(AO)

¹⁹ Arise, cry out in the night,
    as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart^(AP) like water
    in the presence of the Lord.^(AQ)
Lift up your hands^(AR) to him
    for the lives of your children,
who faint^(AS) from hunger
    at every street corner.

²⁰ “Look, Lord, and consider:
    Whom have you ever treated like this?
Should women eat their offspring,^(AT)
    the children they have cared for?^(AU)
Should priest and prophet be killed^(AV)
    in the sanctuary of the Lord?^(AW)

²¹ “Young and old lie together
    in the dust of the streets;
my young men and young women
    have fallen by the sword.^(AX)
You have slain them in the day of your anger;
    you have slaughtered them without pity.^(AY)

²² “As you summon to a feast day,
    so you summoned against me terrors^(AZ) on every side.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
    no one escaped^(BA) or survived;
those I cared for and reared^(BB)
    my enemy has destroyed.”