Lamentations 2:20-22
World English Bible
20 “Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus!
Should the women eat their offspring,
the children that they held and bounced on their knees?
Should the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 “The youth and the old man 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, and not pitied.
22 “You have called, as in the day of a solemn assembly, my terrors on every side.
There was no one that escaped or remained in the day of Yahweh’s anger.
My enemy has consumed those whom I have cared for and brought up.
Lamentations 2:20-22
New American Standard Bible
20 See, Lord, and look!
With (A)whom have You dealt this way?
Should women really (B)eat their [a]children,
The little ones who were [b]born healthy?
Should (C)priest and prophet really be killed
In the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 On the ground in the streets
Lie (D)young and old;
My (E)virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the sword.
You have put them to death on the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered, (F)without sparing.
22 You called as on the day of an appointed feast
My (G)terrors on every side;
And there was (H)no one who survived or escaped
On the day of the Lord’s anger.
As for those (I)whom I brought forth healthy and whom I raised,
My enemy annihilated them.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:20 Lit fruit
- Lamentations 2:20 Or tenderly cared for
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