Lamentations 1:7-9

International Standard Version

⁷ Jerusalem remembers^[a]
    her time of affliction and misery;
all her valued belongings^[b]
    of days gone by,
when her people fell into enemy hands,
    with no one to help her,
and her enemies stared at her,
    mocking her downfall.

⁸ Jerusalem sinned greatly,
    and she became unclean.^[c]
All who honored her now despise her,
    because they saw her naked.
She herself groans
    and turns her face away.

⁹ Uncleanness has soiled her skirts,
    and she gave no thought to what would follow.
She fell in such a startling way,
    with no one to comfort her.
Look, Lord, upon my affliction,
    because my enemy is boasting.