21 On the ground in the streets
Lie (A)young and old;
My (B)virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the sword.
You have slain them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered, (C)not sparing.
22 You called as in the day of an appointed feast
My (D)terrors on every side;
And there was (E)no one who escaped or survived
In the day of the Lord’s anger.
Those (F)whom I [a]bore and reared,
My enemy annihilated them.

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Footnotes

  1. Lamentations 2:22 Lit bore healthy or, tenderly cared for

21 “Young and old lie together
    in the dust of the streets;
my young men and young women
    have fallen by the sword.(A)
You have slain them in the day of your anger;
    you have slaughtered them without pity.(B)

22 “As you summon to a feast day,
    so you summoned against me terrors(C) on every side.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
    no one escaped(D) or survived;
those I cared for and reared(E)
    my enemy has destroyed.”

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