18 If I (A)go out to the country,
There are those killed by the sword!
Or if I enter the city,
There are diseases from famine!
For (B)both prophet and priest
Have wandered around in the land that they do not know.’”

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18 If I go into the country,
    I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of famine.(A)
Both prophet and priest
    have gone to a land they know not.(B)’”

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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

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)

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