What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?

What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?

Keep in mind, O Lord, what has come to us: take note and see our shame.