Lamentations 2:12-14

New American Standard Bible 1995

¹² They say to their mothers,
“^(A)Where is grain and wine?”
As they faint like a wounded man
In the streets of the city,
As their ^(B)life is poured out
On their mothers’ bosom.
¹³ How shall I admonish you?
To what ^(C)shall I compare you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
To what shall I liken you as I comfort you,
O ^(D)virgin daughter of Zion?
For your ^[a]ruin is as vast as the sea;
Who can ^(E)heal you?
¹⁴ Your ^(F)prophets have seen for you
False and foolish visions;
And they have not ^(G)exposed your iniquity
So as to restore you from captivity,
But they have ^(H)seen for you false and misleading ^[b]oracles.