¹² They say to their mothers,
“^(A)Where is grain and wine?”
As they faint like a wounded man
In the open squares of the city,
As their ^(B)life is poured out
On their mothers’ bosom.

¹³ What shall I testify about you?
To what ^(C)shall I equate you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
To what shall I liken you as I comfort you,
O ^(D)virgin daughter of Zion?
For your ^[a]destruction is as vast as the sea;
Who can ^(E)heal you?

¹⁴ Your ^(F)prophets have beheld for you
Worthless and ineffective visions;
And they have not ^(G)uncovered your iniquity
So as to ^[b]return you from captivity,
But they have ^(H)beheld for you worthless and misleading ^[c]oracles.