Lamentations 1:12-14

Good News Translation

¹² “Look at me!” she cries to everyone who passes by.^[a]
    “No one has ever had pain like mine,
    Pain that the Lord brought on me in the time of his anger.

¹³ “He sent fire from above, a fire that burned inside me.
    He set a trap for me and brought me to the ground.
    Then he abandoned me and left me in constant pain.

¹⁴ “He took note of all my sins and tied them all together;
    He hung them around my neck, and I grew weak beneath the weight.
    The Lord gave me to my foes, and I was helpless against them.