Lamentations 1:17-19

International Children’s Bible

¹⁷ Jerusalem reaches out her hands,
    but there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has commanded for the people of Jacob
    that their enemies surround them.
Jerusalem has become unclean
    like those around her.

¹⁸ Jerusalem says, “The Lord is right.
    But I refused to obey him.
Listen, all you people.
    Look at my pain.
My young women and men
    have gone into captivity.

¹⁹ “I called out to my friends,
    but they turned against me.
My priests and my elders
    have died in the city.
They were looking for food
    so they could stay alive.