Lamentations 2:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 Look, O Lord, and consider!
To whom have you done this?
Should women eat their offspring,
the children they have borne?
Should priest and prophet be killed
in the sanctuary of the Lord?(A)
21 The young and the old are lying
on the ground in the streets;
my young women and my young men
have fallen by the sword;
in the day of your anger you have killed them,
slaughtering without mercy.(B)
22 You invited my enemies from all around
as if for a day of festival;
and on the day of the anger of the Lord,
no one escaped or survived;
those whom I bore and reared,
my enemy has destroyed.(C)
Lamentations 2:20-22
English Standard Version
20 Look, O Lord, and see!
(A)With whom have you dealt thus?
(B)Should women eat the fruit of their womb,
the children of (C)their tender care?
Should (D)priest and prophet be killed
in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 In the dust of the streets
(E)lie the young and the old;
(F)my young women and my young men
have fallen by the sword;
(G)you have killed them in the day of your anger,
slaughtering (H)without pity.
22 You summoned as if to (I)a festival day
(J)my terrors on every side,
(K)and on the day of the anger of the Lord
no one escaped or survived;
(L)those whom I held and raised
my enemy destroyed.
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