15 Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, although it was not I who sent them—yet they keep saying: ‘There will be no sword or famine in this land’—(A)by sword and famine those prophets shall meet their end!

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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?

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:20 Lit fruit
  2. Lamentations 2:20 Or tenderly cared for

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