11. I nursed them joyfully,but I sent them awaywith tears and mourning.
12. Don’t any of you rejoice over me,a widow deserted by many.My children avoided God’s Law,so I was stripped barebecause of their sins.
13. They didn’t acknowledgeGod’s requirements,walk in the ways ofGod’s commandments,or follow the paths in whichhis righteousness trained them.
14. Neighbors of Zion, come!Remember the exilemy sons and daughters suffered,brought on them by the eternal one.
15. God brought a nationfrom far away against them,a nation that is shamelessand speaks a strange language,that showed no respect for the elderly or pity for the child.