Lamentations 2:19-21

Lexham English Bible

¹⁹ “Arise, cry out in the night,
    at the beginning of the night watches;
pour out your heart like water,
    before the face of the Lord.
Lift to him your hands,
    for the life of your children,
who faint in starvation,
    at the head of all streets.”
²⁰ See, Yahweh, and take note!
    With whom have you dealt thus?
Should women eat their young
    children of tender care?
Should priest and prophet be slain
    in the sanctuary of the Lord?
²¹ They lie in the soil of the streets,
    young and old;
my young women^[a] and young men,
    they have fallen by the sword;
you have slain on the day of your anger,^[b]
    you have slaughtered and not shown mercy.