12. “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and seeif there is any sorrow like my sorrow,which was brought upon me,which the Lord inflictedon the day of his fierce anger.
13. “From on high he sent fire;into my bones he made it descend; he spread a net for my feet;he turned me back; he has left me stunned,faint all the day long.
14. “My transgressions were bound into a yoke;by his hand they were fastened together;they were set upon my neck;he caused my strength to fail;the Lord gave me into the handsof those whom I cannot withstand.
15. “The Lord rejectedall my mighty men in my midst;he summoned an assembly against meto crush my young men; the Lord has trodden as in a winepressthe virgin daughter of Judah.
16. “For these things I weep;my eyes flow with tears;for a comforter is far from me,one to revive my spirit;my children are desolate,for the enemy has prevailed.”
17. Zion stretches out her hands,but there is none to comfort her;the Lord has commanded against Jacobthat his neighbors should be his foes;Jerusalem has becomea filthy thing among them.
18. “The Lord is in the right, for I have rebelled against his word;but hear, all you peoples,and see my suffering; my young women and my young menhave gone into captivity.
19. “I called to my lovers,but they deceived me;my priests and eldersperished in the city,while they sought foodto revive their strength.
20. “Look, O Lord, for I am in distress; my stomach churns;my heart is wrung within me,because I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword bereaves;in the house it is like death.