Lamentations 2:20-22

New International Version

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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Lamentations 2:20-22

New King James Version

²⁰“See, O Lord, and consider!
To whom have You done this?
^(A)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^(B) and old lie
On the ground in the streets;
My virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the ^(C)sword;
You have slain them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered and not pitied.

²²“You have invited as to a feast day
^(D)The terrors that surround me.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
There was no refugee or survivor.
^(E)Those whom I have borne and brought up
My enemies have ^(F)destroyed.”