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.