Lamentations 2:12-14

Complete Jewish Bible

¹² They keep asking their mothers,
“Where is something to eat or drink?”
as they faint away
in the streets of the city,
gasping out their last breath
in their mother’s bosom.

¹³ What can be said to you, what can be compared with you,
daughter of Yerushalayim?
What example can I give to comfort you,
virgin daughter of Tziyon?
For your downfall is as vast as the sea;
who can heal you?

¹⁴ The visions your prophets saw for you
were futile, just a whitewash.
They did not expose your guilt,
    so as to reverse your fortunes —
    no, the visions they saw for you
    were alluring, but futile.