Lamentations 1:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ Because of all this, I weep;
    my eyes^[a] stream with tears
because far from me
    is the comforter of my soul.
My children are sorrowful,
    because the enemy has won.

¹⁷ Zion spreads out her hands;^[b]
    no one is there to comfort her.
The Lord has issued an order against^[c] Jacob,
    that all who are around him are to be his enemies;
Jerusalem has become
    unclean among them.

¹⁸ The Lord is in the right,
    but I rebelled against his commands.
Listen, please, all you people,
    and look at my pain—
my young men and women^[d]
    have gone into captivity.