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Lamentations 2:18-20
International Standard Version
Lamentations 2:18-20
International Standard Version
18 Cry out from your heart to the Lord,
wall of fair[a] Zion!
Let your tears run down like a river
day and night.
Allow yourself no rest,
and don’t stop crying.
19 Get up and cry aloud in the night,
at the beginning of every hour.[b]
Pour out your heart like water
in the presence of the Lord!
Lift up your hands toward him
for the lives of your children,
who are fainting away
at every street corner.
20 Look, Lord, and take note:
To whom have you done this?
Should women eat their offspring,
the children they have cuddled?
Should priests and prophets be slain
in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:18 Lit. of the daughter of
- Lamentations 2:19 Lit. of the night watches
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