9
Jerusalem saw that God was punishing you because he was angry, and she said to all the neighboring cities, "Look at the great misery that God has brought on me.
10
I saw my sons and daughters taken into captivity, a captivity brought on them by the Eternal God.
11
I brought up my children with great delight, but I cried and mourned when they were taken from me.
12
Let no one take pleasure in my suffering now that I am a widow and so many of my children have been taken from me. They turned away from God's Law, and their sins have made me a deserted city.
13
They had no respect for his commandments and would not live by them; they refused to let him guide them in the way of righteousness.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.