7 he said:Why have I lived to seeenemies crushing my peopleand the holy city?Foreigners now occupy Jerusalem;they have taken over the temple,
8 making it a place of shame.
9 All of its sacred objectshave been dragged away.Young people are slaughteredby enemy swords,and our streets are coveredwith the bodies of children.
10 Is there any nationthat hasn't robbed usand stolen our treasures?
11 Jerusalem—once glorious—has lost its beautyand is now a slave.
12 The holy temple was our prideand our joy,until foreigners ruined itwith their filthy idols.
13 We'd be better off dead!