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21 They lie in the soil of the streets,
    young and old;
my young women[a] and young men,
    they have fallen by the sword;
you have slain on the day of your anger,[b]
    you have slaughtered and not shown mercy.
22 You have summoned my horror from all around,
    as if for a feast day;
no one on the day of Yahweh’s anger
    is a fugitive and a survivor;
whoever I have cared for and reared,
    my enemy has destroyed.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:21 Or “my virgins”
  2. Lamentations 2:21 Literally “your nose”