Lamentations 2:10-12

New Century Version

¹⁰ The elders of Jerusalem
    sit on the ground in silence.
They throw dust on their heads
    and put on rough cloth to show their sadness.
The young women of Jerusalem
    bow their heads to the ground in sorrow.

¹¹ My eyes have no more tears,
    and I am sick to my stomach.
I feel empty inside,
    because my people have been destroyed.
Children and babies are fainting
    in the streets of the city.

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