Lamentations 1:11-16

Lexham English Bible

¹¹ All her people groan,
    they are searching for bread.
They give their treasures for food,
    to bring back life.
See, O Yahweh, and look,
    how I am despised.
¹² Is it nothing to you, all who pass by?^[a]
    Look and see
if there is sorrow like my sorrow,^[b]
    which was dealt to me,
which Yahweh inflicted
    on the day of his wrath.^[c]
13 From heaven he sent fire,
    into my bones he let it descend.
He spread out a net for my feet;
    he turned me back,
he gave me devastation,
    fainting all day.
¹⁴ My rebellion was bound as a yoke,
    with his hand it was fastened together;
it was put on my neck
    and caused my strength to fail.
The Lord gave me into the hands
    of those whom I cannot withstand.
¹⁵ The Lord has rejected
    all my mighty ones in my midst.
He called an assembly against me,
    to crush my young men;
like in a wine press,
    the Lord has trodden on
the virgin daughter of Judah.
¹⁶ For these things, I am weeping,
    my eyes flow with tears;^[d]
because a comforter is far from me,
    one to restore my life.
My sons are desolate
    because the enemy has prevailed.