Baruch 4:10-12

Good News Translation

¹⁰ I saw my sons and daughters taken into captivity, a captivity brought on them by the Eternal God. ¹¹ I brought up my children with great delight, but I cried and mourned when they were taken from me. ¹² Let no one take pleasure in my suffering now that I am a widow and so many of my children have been taken from me. They turned away from God's Law, and their sins have made me a deserted city.