Lamentations 2:19-21

New King James Version

¹⁹ “Arise, ^(A)cry out in the night,
At the beginning of the watches;
^(B)Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
Lift your hands toward Him
For the life of your young children,
Who faint from hunger ^(C)at the head of every street.”

²⁰ “See, O Lord, and consider!
To whom have You done this?
^(D)Should the women eat their offspring,
The children ^[a]they have cuddled?
Should the priest and prophet be slain
In the sanctuary of the Lord?

²¹ “Young^(E) and old lie
On the ground in the streets;
My virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the ^(F)sword;
You have slain them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered and not pitied.