How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She that was great among the nations and princess among the provinces, how is she become as a widow? The Lord is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandments. Woe now unto us, that we have sinned. Behold, O Lord, for I am in distress, my bowels are troubled, my heart is turned within me for I have greviously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death. Woe now unto us, that we have sinned. What thing shall I take to witness for thee? What thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? For thy breach is great like the sea; who can heal thee?