Lamentations 2:18-22
King James Version
18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease.
19 Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
20 Behold, O Lord, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain 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 are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the Lord's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed.
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Lamentations 2:18-22
New International Version
18 The hearts of the people
cry out to the Lord.(A)
You walls of Daughter Zion,(B)
let your tears(C) flow like a river
day and night;(D)
give yourself no relief,
your eyes no rest.(E)
19 Arise, cry out in the night,
as the watches of the night begin;
pour out your heart(F) like water
in the presence of the Lord.(G)
Lift up your hands(H) to him
for the lives of your children,
who faint(I) from hunger
at every street corner.
20 “Look, Lord, and consider:
Whom have you ever treated like this?
Should women eat their offspring,(J)
the children they have cared for?(K)
Should priest and prophet be killed(L)
in the sanctuary of the Lord?(M)
Lamentations 2:18-22
New King James Version
18 Their heart cried out to the Lord,
“O wall of the daughter of Zion,
(A)Let tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief;
Give [a]your eyes no rest.
19 “Arise, (B)cry out in the night,
At the beginning of the watches;
(C)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 (D)at the head of every street.”
20 “See, O Lord, and consider!
To whom have You done this?
(E)Should the women eat their offspring,
The children [b]they have cuddled?
Should the priest and prophet be slain
In the sanctuary of the Lord?
21 “Young(F) and old lie
On the ground in the streets;
My virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the (G)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
(H)The terrors that surround me.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
There was no refugee or survivor.
(I)Those whom I have borne and brought up
My enemies have (J)destroyed.”
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:18 Lit. the daughter of your eye
- Lamentations 2:20 Vg. a span long
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