17 (A)Zion stretches out her hands,
    but (B)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 (C)“The Lord is in the right,
    (D)for I have rebelled against his word;
but hear, all you peoples,
    and see my suffering;
(E)my young women and my young men
    have gone into captivity.

19 “I called to (F)my lovers,
    but they deceived me;
my priests and elders
    perished in the city,
while (G)they sought food
    to revive their strength.

20 “Look, O Lord, for I am in distress;
    (H)my stomach churns;
my heart is wrung within me,
    because I have been very rebellious.
(I)In the street the sword bereaves;
    in the house it is like death.

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