Lamentations 2:10-12

International Children’s Bible

¹⁰ The elders of Jerusalem
    sit on the ground and are silent.
They pour dust on their heads
    and put on rough cloth to show how sad they are.
The young women of Jerusalem
    bow their heads to the ground in sorrow.

¹¹ My eyes are weak from crying.
    I am troubled.
I feel as if I have been poured out on the ground
    because my people have been destroyed.
Children and babies are fainting
    in the streets of the city.

¹² They say to their mothers,
    “Where is some bread and wine?”
They faint like wounded soldiers
    in the streets of the city.
    They die in their mothers’ arms.