Lamentations 1:7-9

International Children’s Bible

⁷ Jerusalem is suffering and homeless.
    She remembers all the precious things
    she had in the past.
She remembers when her people were defeated by the enemy.
    There was no one to help her.
When her enemies saw her,
    they laughed to see her ruined.

⁸ Jerusalem sinned terribly.
    So she has become unclean.
Those who honored her hate her now
    because they have seen her nakedness.
Jerusalem groans
    and turns away.

⁹ Jerusalem made herself unclean by her sins.
    She did not think about what would happen to her.
Her defeat was surprising.
    There was no one to comfort her.
She says, “Lord, see how I suffer.
    The enemy has won.”