Lamentations 2:18-20
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
18 Cry aloud[a] to the Lord!
O[b] daughter of Zion!
Let tears stream down like a torrent
day and night!
Give yourself no rest,
your eyes no respite!
19 Arise, cry out in the night,
at the beginning of the watches!
Pour out your heart like water
before the presence of the Lord!
Lift your hands to him
for the lives of your children,
who faint for hunger
at the head of every street.
20 Look, O Lord, and see!
With whom hast thou dealt thus?
Should women eat their offspring,
the children of their tender care?
Should priest and prophet be slain
in the sanctuary of the Lord?
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:18 Cn: Heb Their heart cried
- Lamentations 2:18 Cn: Heb O wall of
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