Lamentations 2:10-12

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁰ The elders of Daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence.
They have thrown dust on their heads^(A)
and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.^(B)

¹¹ My eyes are worn out from weeping;^(C)
I am churning within.
My heart is poured out in grief^[a](D)
because of the destruction of my dear people,^(E)
because children and infants faint
in the streets of the city.^(F)

¹² They cry out to their mothers:
Where is the grain and wine?^(G)
as they faint like the wounded
in the streets of the city,
as their lives fade away
in the arms of their mothers.