Lamentations 2:18-20

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?