Lamentations 2:19-22

New International Version

¹⁹ Arise, cry out in the night,
    as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart^(A) like water
    in the presence of the Lord.^(B)
Lift up your hands^(C) to him
    for the lives of your children,
who faint^(D) from hunger
    at every street corner.

²⁰ “Look, Lord, and consider:
    Whom have you ever treated like this?
Should women eat their offspring,^(E)
    the children they have cared for?^(F)
Should priest and prophet be killed^(G)
    in the sanctuary of the Lord?^(H)

²¹ “Young and old lie together
    in the dust of the streets;
my young men and young women
    have fallen by the sword.^(I)
You have slain them in the day of your anger;
    you have slaughtered them without pity.^(J)

²² “As you summon to a feast day,
    so you summoned against me terrors^(K) on every side.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
    no one escaped^(L) or survived;
those I cared for and reared^(M)
    my enemy has destroyed.”