Albert Barnes Commentary Lamentations 1:19

"I called for my lovers, [but] they deceived me: My priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, While they sought them food to refresh their souls." — Lamentations 1:19 (ASV)

I called for ... - Rather, to “my lovers.”

While they sought their meat - literally, “for they sought food for themselves to revive their souls.” Complete the sense by adding, “and found none.”