I called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.
Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they hav
She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her f
All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look,
He has removed my brothers from me; my acquaintances have abandoned me.
“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Phar
Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No
Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does
Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.
“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could no
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for y
Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance li
All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the disciplin