Isa 51:19, Jer 15:5, Lam 2:13 | ESV | STEP | These two things have happened to you— who will console you?— devastation and destruction , famine and sword ; who will comfort you?

Isaiah 51:19

19 ^aThese two things have happened to you—
who will console you?—
devastation and destruction, famine and sword;
who will comfort you? ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Masoretic Text how shall I comfort you}

Jeremiah 15:5

5 ^c“Who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem,
^dor who will grieve for you?
Who will turn aside
to ask about your welfare?

Lamentations 2:13

13 What can I say for you, ^eto what compare you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
^fWhat can I liken to you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
^gFor your ruin is vast as the sea;
who can heal you?