Lamentations 1:12-14

International Children’s Bible

¹² Jerusalem says, “You who pass by on the road don’t seem to care.
    Come, look at me and see.
Is there any pain like mine?
    Is there any pain like that he has caused me?
The Lord has punished me
    on the day of his great anger.

¹³ “The Lord sent fire from above.
    It went down into my bones.
He stretched out a net for my feet.
    He turned me back.
He made me sad and lonely.
    I am weak all day.

¹⁴ “He has noticed my sins.
    They are tied together by his hands.
They hang around my neck.
    He has turned my strength into weakness.
The Lord has let me be defeated
    by those who are stronger than I am.