Lamentations 2:10-12

Expanded Bible

¹⁰ The elders of ·Jerusalem [^Lthe daughter of Zion; ^Cthe location of the Temple]
    sit on the ground in silence.
They throw dust on their heads
    and put on ·rough cloth [sackcloth; burlap; signs of grief or repentance].
The young women of Jerusalem
    bow their heads to the ground [^Cin sorrow].

¹¹ My eyes ·have no more tears [^Lare exhausted from tears],
    and ·I am sick to my stomach [^Lmy innards/stomach/bowels are agitated].
·I feel empty inside [^LMy bile/gall is poured out on the ground],
    because ·my people [^Lthe daughter of my people] have been ·destroyed [shattered; broken].
Children and ·babies [nurslings] are fainting
    in the ·streets [public areas] of the city.

¹² They ask their mothers,
    “Where is the grain and wine?”
They faint like wounded soldiers
    in the ·streets [public areas] of the city
and ·die [^Lpour out their lives] in their mothers’ ·arms [^Lbosom].