Lamentations 1:18-22

English Standard Version

¹⁸^(A)“The Lord is in the right,
    ^(B)for I have rebelled against his word;
but hear, all you peoples,
    and see my suffering;
^(C)my young women and my young men
    have gone into captivity.

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

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

²¹“They heard^[a] ^(H)my groaning,
    yet ^(I)there is no one to comfort me.
All my enemies have heard of my trouble;
    ^(J)they are glad that you have done it.
You have brought^[b] the day you announced;
    ^(K)now let them be as I am.

²²^(L)“Let all their evildoing come before you,
    and deal with them
as ^(M)you have dealt with me
    because of all my transgressions;
for ^(N)my groans are many,
    and ^(O)my heart is faint.”