Lamentations 1:16-18

Lexham English Bible

¹⁶ For these things, I am weeping,
    my eyes flow with tears;^[a]
because a comforter is far from me,
    one to restore my life.
My sons are desolate
    because the enemy has prevailed.
¹⁷ Zion stretches out her hands;
    there is no one to comfort her.
Yahweh has commanded against Jacob,
    that those surrounding him^[b] should be his enemies;
Jerusalem has become
    a defilement among them.
¹⁸ Yahweh is righteous;
    I have rebelled against his word.^[c]
Please hear, all the nations,
    And see my pain;
My young women^[d] and young men
    went into captivity.