New International Reader's Version

Lamentations 3:46-52 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

46. "All of our enemies have opened their mouths wide to swallow us up.

47. We are terrified and trapped. We are broken and destroyed."

48. Streams of tears flow from my eyes. That's because my people are destroyed.

49. Tears will never stop flowing from my eyes. My eyes can't get any rest.

50. I'll sob until the Lord looks down from heaven. I'll cry until he notices my tears.

51. What I see brings pain to my spirit. All of the people in my city are suffering so much.

52. Those who were my enemies for no reason at all hunted me down as if I were a bird.