Lamentations 1:18-20

International Children’s Bible

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.

²⁰ “Look at me, Lord. I am upset.
    I am troubled.
My heart is troubled
    because I have been so stubborn.
Out in the streets, the sword kills.
    Inside the houses, death destroys.