Lamentations 2:17-19

Common English Bible

¹⁷ The Lord did what he had planned. He accomplished the word
that he had commanded long ago. He ripped down, showing no compassion.
He made the enemy rejoice over you; he raised up your adversaries’ horn.

¹⁸ Cry out to my Lord from the heart,^[a] you wall of Daughter Zion;
make your^[b] tears run down like a flood all day and night.
Don’t relax at all; don’t rest your eyes a moment.

¹⁹ Get up and cry out at nighttime, at the start of the night shift; pour out your heart before my Lord like water.
Lift your hands up to him for the life of your children—
the ones who are fainting from hunger on every street corner.