Lamentations 2:20-22

New International Reader's Version

²⁰ Jerusalem says, “Lord, look at me.
    Think about my condition.
    Have you ever treated anyone else like this?
Should women have to eat their babies?
    Should they eat the children they’ve taken care of?
Should priests and prophets be killed
    in your own temple?

²¹ “Young people and old people alike
    lie dead in the dust of my streets.
My young men and women
    have been killed by swords.
You killed them when you were angry.
    You put them to death without pity.

²² “You sent for terrors to come against me on every side.
    It was as if you were inviting people to enjoy a feast day.
Because you were angry, no one escaped.
    No one was left alive.
I took good care of my children and brought them up.
    But my enemies have destroyed them.”