Lamentations 1:18-20

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁸ The Lord is just,
for I have rebelled against His command.^(A)
Listen, all you people;
look at my pain.
My young men and women
have gone into captivity.^(B)

¹⁹ I called to my lovers,^(C)
but they betrayed me.
My priests and elders
perished in the city
while searching for food
to keep themselves alive.^(D)

²⁰ Lord, see how I am in distress.
I am churning within;^(E)
my heart is broken,^[a]
for I have been very rebellious.
Outside, the sword takes the children;
inside, there is death.^(F)