18 Among all the children she bore
    there was none to guide her;
among all the children she brought up
    there was none to take her by the hand.
19 These double calamities have come upon you –
    who can comfort you? –
ruin and destruction, famine and sword –
    who can[a] console you?
20 Your children have fainted;
    they lie at every street corner,
    like antelope caught in a net.
They are filled with the wrath of the Lord,
    with the rebuke of your God.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 51:19 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text / how can I