11 My (A)eyes fail because of tears,
My [a](B)spirit is greatly troubled;
My [b](C)heart is poured out on the earth
(D)Because of the [c]destruction of the daughter of my people,
When (E)little ones and infants languish
In the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers,
(F)Where is grain and wine?”
As they faint like a wounded person
In the streets of the city,
As their (G)lives are poured out
[d]In their mothers’ arms.
13 How shall I admonish you?
What (H)shall I compare to you,
Daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I liken to you as I comfort you,
(I)Virgin daughter of Zion?
For your collapse is as vast as the sea;
Who can (J)heal you?

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:11 Lit inward parts are in ferment
  2. Lamentations 2:11 Lit liver
  3. Lamentations 2:11 Lit breaking
  4. Lamentations 2:12 Lit on...breast

11 My eyes fail from weeping,(A)
    I am in torment within(B);
my heart(C) is poured out(D) on the ground
    because my people are destroyed,(E)
because children and infants faint(F)
    in the streets of the city.

12 They say to their mothers,
    “Where is bread and wine?”(G)
as they faint like the wounded
    in the streets of the city,
as their lives ebb away(H)
    in their mothers’ arms.(I)

13 What can I say for you?(J)
    With what can I compare you,
    Daughter(K) Jerusalem?
To what can I liken you,
    that I may comfort you,
    Virgin Daughter Zion?(L)
Your wound is as deep as the sea.(M)
    Who can heal you?

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