Lamentations 1:11-16

International Children’s Bible

¹¹ All of Jerusalem’s people are groaning.
    They are looking for bread.
They are giving away their precious things for food
    so they can stay alive.
The city says, “Look, Lord, and see.
    I am hated.”

¹² Jerusalem says, “You who pass by on the road don’t seem to care.
    Come, look at me and see.
Is there any pain like mine?
    Is there any pain like that he has caused me?
The Lord has punished me
    on the day of his great anger.

¹³ “The Lord sent fire from above.
    It went down into my bones.
He stretched out a net for my feet.
    He turned me back.
He made me sad and lonely.
    I am weak all day.

¹⁴ “He has noticed my sins.
    They are tied together by his hands.
They hang around my neck.
    He has turned my strength into weakness.
The Lord has let me be defeated
    by those who are stronger than I am.

¹⁵ “The Lord has rejected
    all my mighty men inside my walls.
He brought an army against me
    to destroy my young men.
As if in a winepress, the Lord has crushed
    the capital city of Judah.

¹⁶ “I cry about these things.
    My eyes overflow with tears.
There is no one near to comfort me.
    There is no one who can give me strength again.
My children are left sad and lonely
    because the enemy has won.”