Lamentations 2:19-21

International Standard Version

¹⁹ Get up and cry aloud in the night,
    at the beginning of every hour.^[a]
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?

²¹ Young men and the aged
    lie on the ground in the streets;
my young women and young men
    have fallen by the sword.
You killed them in your anger,
    slaughtering them without pity.