Lamentations 1:21
“One is here accused of faults towards others. First, one is faulted for lack of aid. As said: "Hear how I groan; there is none to comfort me." Namely, like the Egyptians, or others in whom I can trust. Like the utterance of Jeremiah 31:15: "Thus says the Lord: 'A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping…”
Source: Septuagint
21Hear, I pray you, for I groan: There is none to comfort me: All mine enemies have heard of mine afflictions, And rejoice because thou hast done it: Thou hast brought on the day, Thou hast called the time: They are become like to me.
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19I called my lovers, But they deceived me: My priests and my elders Failed in the city; For they sought meat That they might restore their souls, And found it not.
20Behold, O Lord; for I am afflicted: My belly is troubled, And my heart is turned within me; For I have been grievously rebellious: Abroad the sword has bereaved me, Even as death at home.
— Lamentations 1:21 —
22Let all their wickedness come before thy face; And strip them, as they have made a gleaning for all my sins: For my groans are many, And my heart is grieved.