Lamentations 2:18-20

International Standard Version

¹⁸ Cry out from your heart to the Lord,
    wall of fair^[a] Zion!
Let your tears run down like a river
    day and night.
Allow yourself no rest,
    and don’t stop crying.

¹⁹ Get up and cry aloud in the night,
    at the beginning of every hour.^[b]
Pour out your heart like water
    in the presence of the Lord!
Lift up your hands toward him
    for the lives of your children,
who are fainting away
    at every street corner.

²⁰ Look, Lord, and take note:
    To whom have you done this?
Should women eat their offspring,
    the children they have cuddled?
Should priests and prophets be slain
    in the sanctuary of the Lord?