Lamentations 2:10–13

10 The elders of Daughter Zion

sit on the ground in silence;h

they have sprinkled dusti on their headsj

and put on sackcloth.k

The young women of Jerusalem

have bowed their heads to the ground.l

11 My eyes fail from weeping,m

I am in torment withinn;

my hearto is poured outp on the ground

because my people are destroyed,q

because children and infants faintr

in the streets of the city.

12 They say to their mothers,

“Where is bread and wine?”s

as they faint like the wounded

in the streets of the city,

as their lives ebb awayt

in their mothers’ arms.u

13 What can I say for you?v

With what can I compare you,

Daughterw Jerusalem?

To what can I liken you,

that I may comfort you,

Virgin Daughter Zion?x

Your wound is as deep as the sea.y

Who can heal you?