¹⁷ You will say this word to them,
‘^(A)Let my eyes stream down tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
For the virgin ^(B)daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow,
With a sorely ^(C)infected wound.

¹¹ My ^(A)eyes fail because of tears,
My ^[a](B)spirit is greatly troubled;
My ^[b](C)heart is poured out on the earth
^(D)Because of the ^[c]destruction of the daughter of my people,
When ^(E)little ones and infants languish
In the streets of the city.

¹⁸ Their ^(A)heart cried out to the Lord:
“You ^(B)wall of the daughter of Zion,
Let your ^(C)tears stream down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief,
Let ^[a]your eyes have no rest.