Lamentations 1:17-19

Good News Translation

¹⁷ “I stretch out my hands, but no one will help me.
    The Lord has called enemies against me from every side;
    They treat me like some filthy thing.

¹⁸ “But the Lord is just, for I have disobeyed him.
    Listen to me, people everywhere; look at me in my pain.
    My young men and women have been taken away captive.

¹⁹ “I called to my allies, but they refused to help me.
    The priests and the leaders died in the city streets,
    Looking for food to keep themselves alive.