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19 I have called to my lovers,
    they themselves deceived me;
my priests and elders perished in the city
    when they sought food for themselves
        to revive their life.[a]
20 See, O Yahweh, that I am in distress;[b]
    my stomach[c] is in torment,
my heart has turned inside me
    because I have certainly rebelled.
From outside a sword brings bereavement,
    inside the house it is like death.
21 They hear that I was groaning;
    there is no comforter for me.
All my enemies have heard my misery,
    they are pleased that you have done it.
Bring that day that you have proclaimed,[d]
    And let them be like me.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 1:19 Or “their soul”
  2. Lamentations 1:20 Literally “there is distress for me”
  3. Lamentations 1:20 Literally “inner parts”
  4. Lamentations 1:21 Or “you have called”