Lamentations 1:12-22

New International Version

¹² “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?^(A)
    Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering^(B)
    that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
    in the day of his fierce anger?^(C)

¹³ “From on high he sent fire,
    sent it down into my bones.^(D)
He spread a net^(E) for my feet
    and turned me back.
He made me desolate,^(F)
    faint^(G) all the day long.

¹⁴ “My sins have been bound into a yoke^[a];^(H)
    by his hands they were woven together.
They have been hung on my neck,
    and the Lord has sapped my strength.
He has given me into the hands^(I)
    of those I cannot withstand.

¹⁵ “The Lord has rejected
    all the warriors in my midst;^(J)
he has summoned an army^(K) against me
    to^[b] crush my young men.^(L)
In his winepress^(M) the Lord has trampled^(N)
    Virgin Daughter^(O) Judah.

¹⁶ “This is why I weep
    and my eyes overflow with tears.^(P)
No one is near to comfort^(Q) me,
    no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute
    because the enemy has prevailed.”^(R)

¹⁷ Zion stretches out her hands,^(S)
    but there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has decreed for Jacob
    that his neighbors become his foes;^(T)
Jerusalem has become
    an unclean^(U) thing^(V) among them.

¹⁸ “The Lord is righteous,^(W)
    yet I rebelled^(X) against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
    look on my suffering.^(Y)
My young men and young women
    have gone into exile.^(Z)

¹⁹ “I called to my allies^(AA)
    but they betrayed me.
My priests and my elders
    perished^(AB) in the city
while they searched for food
    to keep themselves alive.

²⁰ “See, Lord, how distressed^(AC) I am!
    I am in torment^(AD) within,
and in my heart I am disturbed,^(AE)
    for I have been most rebellious.^(AF)
Outside, the sword bereaves;
    inside, there is only death.^(AG)

²¹ “People have heard my groaning,^(AH)
    but there is no one to comfort me.^(AI)
All my enemies have heard of my distress;
    they rejoice^(AJ) at what you have done.
May you bring the day^(AK) you have announced
    so they may become like me.

²² “Let all their wickedness come before you;
    deal with them
as you have dealt with me
    because of all my sins.^(AL)
My groans^(AM) are many
    and my heart is faint.”