Lamentations 2:11-13

New Century Version

¹¹ My eyes have no more tears,
    and I am sick to my stomach.
I feel empty inside,
    because my people have been destroyed.
Children and babies are fainting
    in the streets of the city.

¹² They ask their mothers,
    “Where is the grain and wine?”
They faint like wounded soldiers
    in the streets of the city
    and die in their mothers’ arms.

¹³ What can I say about you, Jerusalem?
    What can I compare you to?
What can I say you are like?
    How can I comfort you, Jerusalem?
Your ruin is as deep as the sea.
    No one can heal you.