Lamentations 2:10-12

International Standard Version

¹⁰ The leaders of cherished^[a] Zion
    sit silently on the ground;
they throw dust on their heads
    and dress in mourning clothes.
The young women of Jerusalem
    bow their heads in sorrow.^[b]

¹¹ My eyes are worn out from crying,
    my insides are churning,
My emotions pour out in grief^[c]
    because my people are destroyed—
Children and infants faint
    in the streets of the city.

¹² They ask their mothers,
    “Is there anything to eat or drink?”^[d]
They faint in the streets of the city
    like wounded men.
Their life ebbs away
    while they lie on their mother’s bosom.