"Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches; pour out your heart like water, before the face of the Lord. Lift to him your hands, for the life of your children, who faint in starvation, at the head of all streets."

Channels of water run down my eyes because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Water has flown over my head, I said, "I am cut off."

Her princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; [their] bodies were more ruddy than rubies, sapphire their appearance.

{We pay for water with money}, our wood comes [to us] at a price.