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20 
See, O Lord, and look!
With whom have You dealt this way?
Should women eat their offspring,
The little ones who were born healthy and beautiful?
Should priest and prophet be killed
In the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 
The young and the old
Lie on the ground in the streets;
My virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the sword.
You have killed them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered, not sparing.
22 
You [Lord] called as in the day of an appointed feast
My terrors (dangers) on every side;
And there was no one who escaped or survived
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Those I have cared for and brought up with tenderness,
My enemy annihilated them.

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20 “Look, Lord, and consider:
    Whom have you ever treated like this?
Should women eat their offspring,(A)
    the children they have cared for?(B)
Should priest and prophet be killed(C)
    in the sanctuary of the Lord?(D)

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

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

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