17 Zion spreads out her hands;
she has no comforter.
The Lord commanded Jacob’s enemies to
surround him.
Jerusalem is just a piece of garbage to them.
18 The Lord is right
because I disobeyed his word.
Listen, all you people;
look at my suffering.
My young women and young men
have gone away as prisoners.
19 I called to my lovers, but they deceived me.
My priests and my elders
have perished in the city;
they were looking for food to survive.
