Lamentations 1:18–22

18 Yahweh is righteous;

I have rebelled against ⌊his word⌋.g

Please hear, all the nations,

And see my pain;

My young womenh and young men

went into captivity.

19 I have called to my lovers,

they themselves deceived me;

my priests and elders perished in the city

when they sought food for themselves

to revive their life.i

20 See, O Yahweh, that ⌊I am in distress⌋;j

⌊my stomach⌋k is in torment,

my heart has turned inside me

because I have certainly rebelled.

From outside a sword brings bereavement,

inside the house it is like death.

21 They hear that I was groaning;

there is no comforter for me.

All my enemies have heard my misery,

they are pleased that you have done it.

Bring that day that you have proclaimed,l

And let them be like me.

22 Let all their evil come before you;

and deal with them

just as you have dealt with me

because of all my crimes;

for my groaning is much and my heart is faint.