Lamentations 1:18-22

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹⁸ The Lord is righteous. I am the one who rebelled against the word from his mouth.
    Please listen, all you peoples, and see my pain.
    My virgins and my best young men have gone into captivity.
¹⁹ I called to my lovers, but they deceived me.
    My priests and my elders perished in the city,
    as they sought food for themselves to restore their lives.
²⁰ See, Lord, I am in distress. My emotions are in turmoil.
    My heart turns over inside me, because I have been very rebellious.
    Outside, the sword takes away my children.
    Inside, there is death.
²¹ People have heard that I am groaning. There is no one who comforts me.
    All my enemies have heard about my misery, and they rejoiced that you did this.
    Bring on the day that you have announced, so that they may become like me.
²² May all their wickedness come before you. Deal harshly with them,
    just as you dealt harshly with me because of all my rebellion.
    Yes, my groans are many, and my heart is sick.