¹⁹ I called to my lovers,^(A)
but they betrayed me.
My priests and elders
perished in the city
while searching for food
to keep themselves alive.^(B)

²⁰ Lord, look and consider
who You have done this to.
Should women eat their own children,^(A)
the infants they have nurtured?^[a]
Should priests and prophets
be killed in the Lord’s sanctuary?

¹⁰ The hands of compassionate women
have cooked their own children;^(A)
they became their food
during the destruction of my dear people.^(B)