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The sound of a cry comes from Babylon! A noise comes from the land of the Babylonians because much is being destroyed!

The Lord of All says, "The wide wall of Babylon will be broken to the ground. Her high gates will be set on fire. So the people will work hard for nothing, and because of the fire nations become tired."

And say, ‘In this way Babylon will go down and not rise again, because of the trouble I am going to bring upon her. And her people will fall.'" The words of Jeremiah end here.

The roads of Zion are filled with sorrow, because no one comes to the special suppers. All her gates are laid waste. Her religious leaders are crying in sorrow. Her pure young women are troubled, and she herself is in bitter suffering.

Jerusalem sinned very much, so she is unclean. All who honored her hate her, because they have seen her put to shame. Even she herself cries in sorrow and turns away.

This is why I cry. Tears flow from my eyes, because a comforter is far from me who would give strength to my soul. My children are destroyed, because those who hate me have won."

Let their sin come before You, and do to them what You have done to me because of all my sin. My cries are many, and my heart is weak."

My eyes become weak from crying. My spirit is very troubled. My heart is poured out in sorrow, because my people have been destroyed, and because children and babies fall down weak in the city streets.

I am the man who has been suffering because of the power of God's anger.

It is because of the Lord's loving-kindness that we are not destroyed for His loving-pity never ends.

For if He causes sorrow, He will have loving-pity because of His great loving-kindness.

My eyes flow with rivers of tears because my people are destroyed.

My eyes bring me suffering because of what is happening to all the women of my city.

The baby's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth because of thirst. The children beg for bread, but no one gives it to them.

Those who are killed with the sword are better off than those killed with hunger. For they waste away, suffering because they have no fruits of the field.

Women who had shown loving-kindness have boiled their own children for food, because my people are destroyed.

This was because of the sins of her men who spoke in God's name, and the sins of her religious leaders, who killed those within her who were right and good.

We put our lives in danger to get our bread, because of the sword in the desert.

Our skin has become as hot as fire because of the burning heat of hunger.

Because of this our heart is weak. Because of these things our eyes are weak.