¹⁵ “The Lord has rejected
    all the warriors in my midst;^(A)
he has summoned an army^(B) against me
    to^[a] crush my young men.^(C)
In his winepress^(D) the Lord has trampled^(E)
    Virgin Daughter^(F) Judah.

¹⁶ “This is why I weep
    and my eyes overflow with tears.^(G)
No one is near to comfort^(H) me,
    no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
    because the enemy has prevailed.”^(I)

¹⁷ Zion stretches out her hands,^(J)
    but there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has decreed for Jacob
    that his neighbors become his foes;^(K)
Jerusalem has become
    an unclean^(L) thing^(M) among them.