10. The enemy reached out and tookall her precious things.She even saw foreignersenter her Temple.Lord, you had commandedthat they should not enter the meeting of your people.
11. All of Jerusalem’s people are groaning.They are looking for bread.They are giving away their precious things for foodso they can stay alive.The city says, “Look, Lord, and see.I am hated.”
12. Jerusalem says, “You who pass by on the road don’t seem to care.Come, look at me and see.Is there any pain like mine?Is there any pain like that he has caused me?The Lord has punished meon the day of his great anger.
13. “The Lord sent fire from above.It went down into my bones.He stretched out a net for my feet.He turned me back.He made me sad and lonely.I am weak all day.
14. “He has noticed my sins.They are tied together by his hands.They hang around my neck.He has turned my strength into weakness.The Lord has let me be defeatedby those who are stronger than I am.
15. “The Lord has rejectedall my mighty men inside my walls.He brought an army against meto destroy my young men.As if in a winepress, the Lord has crushedthe capital city of Judah.
16. “I cry about these things.My eyes overflow with tears.There is no one near to comfort me.There is no one who can give me strength again.My children are left sad and lonelybecause the enemy has won.”
17. Jerusalem reaches out her hands,but there is no one to comfort her.The Lord has commanded for the people of Jacobthat their enemies surround them.Jerusalem has become uncleanlike those around her.
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 menhave gone into captivity.