Lamentations 1:14-16

Expanded Bible

¹⁴ “He ·has noticed my sins [or bound my transgressions into a yoke];
    they are ·tied together [intertwined] by his hands;
they hang around my neck.
    ·He has turned my strength into weakness [^LMy strength falters].
The Lord has handed me over
    to those who ·are stronger than I [^LI cannot stand against].

¹⁵ “The Lord has rejected
    all my mighty men ·inside my walls [^Lin my midst].
He ·brought an army [or proclaimed a time] against me
    to ·destroy [break] my young men.
As if in a winepress, the Lord has ·crushed [trampled]
    the ·capital city [^Lvirgin daughter] of Judah [Is. 63:1–6].

¹⁶ “I cry about these things;
    my eyes overflow with tears.
·There is no one near to comfort me [^LA comforter is far from me],
    no one who can ·give me strength again [^Lrestore my soul].
My children are ·left sad and lonely [desolate],
    because the enemy has ·won [prevailed].”