Lamentations 1:18-20 Righteous is Yahweh, for, against his bidding, had I rebelled,––Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and see my pain, My virgins and my young men, have gone into exile.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ Righteous is Yahweh, for, against his bidding, had I rebelled,––Hear, I pray you, all ye peoples, and see my pain, My virgins and my young men, have gone into exile. ¹⁹ I called to my lovers, they, deceived me, My priests and mine elders, in the city, have breathed their last,––for they sought them food, that they might bring back their life. ²⁰ See, O Yahweh, that I am in distress, Mine inward parts, are in ferment, My heart is turned within me, for I have obstinately rebelled,––Without, bereaveth the sword, Within, is like death,