Lamentations 1:7-12

English Standard Version

⁷Jerusalem remembers
    in the days of her affliction and wandering
^(A)all the precious things
    that were hers from ^(B)days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the foe,
    and there was none to help her,
her foes gloated over her;
    they ^(C)mocked at her downfall.

⁸^(D)Jerusalem sinned grievously;
    therefore she became filthy;
all who honored her despise her,
    ^(E)for they have seen her nakedness;
she herself ^(F)groans
    and turns her face away.

⁹Her uncleanness was ^(G)in her skirts;
    ^(H)she took no thought of her future;^[a]
therefore her fall is terrible;
    ^(I)she has no comforter.
“O Lord, behold my affliction,
    for the enemy has ^(J)triumphed!”

¹⁰The enemy has stretched out his hands
    over all her ^(K)precious things;
for she has seen ^(L)the nations
    enter her sanctuary,
those whom you ^(M)forbade
    to enter your congregation.

¹¹All her people ^(N)groan
    as ^(O)they search for bread;
they trade their ^(P)treasures for ^(Q)food
    to revive their strength.
“Look, O Lord, and see,
    for I am despised.”

¹²“Is it nothing to you, all ^(R)you who pass by?
    ^(S)Look and see
if there is any sorrow like my sorrow,
    which was brought upon me,
which ^(T)the Lord inflicted
    on ^(U)the day of his fierce anger.