4  Therefore I said:

“Look away from me;

let me weep bitter tears;

do not labor to comfort me

^cconcerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

16  “For these things ⁿI weep;

my eyes flow with tears;

for a comforter is far from me,

one to revive my spirit;

my children are desolate,

for the enemy has prevailed.”