Lamentations 2:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ All of your enemies
    insult you with gaping mouths.
They hiss and grind their teeth while saying,
    “We have devoured her completely.
Yes, this is the day that we anticipated!
    We found it at last;^[a] we have seen it!”

¹⁷ The Lord did what he planned.
    He carried out his threat.
Just as he commanded long ago,
    he has torn down without pity;
He let the enemy boast about you
    and has exalted the power^[b] of your enemies.

¹⁸ Cry out from your heart to the Lord,
    wall of fair^[c] Zion!
Let your tears run down like a river
    day and night.
Allow yourself no rest,
    and don’t stop crying.