Lamentations 1:18

18 a“The Lord is in the right,
bfor I have rebelled against his word;
but hear, all you peoples,
and see my suffering;
cmy young women and my young men
have gone into captivity.

Lamentations 2:17

17 The Lord has done what he purposed;
he has carried out dhis word,
which he commanded elong ago;
fhe has thrown down gwithout pity;
hhe has made the enemy rejoice over you
and exalted the imight of your foes.

Lamentations 4:11-12

11 jThe Lord gave full vent to his wrath;
he poured out his hot anger,
and khe kindled a fire in Zion
that consumed its foundations.
12 lThe kings of the earth did not believe,
nor any of the inhabitants of the world,
that foe or enemy could enter
the gates of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 37:11

11Then he said to me, mSon of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and nour hope is lost; owe are indeed cut off.’
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