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

LORD, you observed how I have been wronged; now make your ruling in my case.

Now their faces are blacker than coal; they are unrecognized in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones; it has become dry like a stick.

We are now orphans without fathers and our mothers are like widows.