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What does Lamentations 2:13 mean?

What can I say to comfort you, Jerusalem? What can I compare you to? Your pain is as deep as the sea—who can heal you? Lamentations 2:13 - Modern Text Bible

(The poet is at a loss for words, overwhelmed by the depth of Jerusalem’s suffering.)