Lamentations 2:18-22
English Standard Version
18 Their heart cried to the Lord.
O (A)wall of the daughter of Zion,
(B)let tears stream down like a torrent
(C)day and night!
(D)Give yourself no rest,
(E)your eyes no respite!
19 “Arise, (F)cry out in the night,
at the beginning of the night watches!
(G)Pour out your heart like water
before the presence of the Lord!
(H)Lift your hands to him
for the lives of your children,
(I)who faint for hunger
at the head of every street.”
20 Look, O Lord, and see!
(J)With whom have you dealt thus?
(K)Should women eat the fruit of their womb,
the children of (L)their tender care?
Should (M)priest and prophet be killed
in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 In the dust of the streets
(N)lie the young and the old;
(O)my young women and my young men
have fallen by the sword;
(P)you have killed them in the day of your anger,
slaughtering (Q)without pity.
22 You summoned as if to (R)a festival day
(S)my terrors on every side,
(T)and on the day of the anger of the Lord
no one escaped or survived;
(U)those whom I held and raised
my enemy destroyed.
Lamentations 2:18-22
New International Version
18 The hearts of the people
cry out to the Lord.(A)
You walls of Daughter Zion,(B)
let your tears(C) flow like a river
day and night;(D)
give yourself no relief,
your eyes no rest.(E)
19 Arise, cry out in the night,
as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart(F) like water
in the presence of the Lord.(G)
Lift up your hands(H) to him
for the lives of your children,
who faint(I) from hunger
at every street corner.
20 “Look, Lord, and consider:
Whom have you ever treated like this?
Should women eat their offspring,(J)
the children they have cared for?(K)
Should priest and prophet be killed(L)
in the sanctuary of the Lord?(M)
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