19. Rise up! Wail in the night,at the start of every watch;Pour out your heart like waterbefore the Lord;Lift up your hands to himfor the lives of your children,Who collapse from hungerat the corner of every street.
20. “Look, O Lord, and pay attention:to whom have you been so ruthless?Must women eat their own offspring,the very children they have borne?Are priest and prophet to be slainin the sanctuary of the Lord?
21. They lie on the ground in the streets,young and old alike;Both my young women and young menare cut down by the sword;You killed them on the day of your wrath,slaughtered without pity.
22. You summoned as to a feast dayterrors on every side;On the day of the Lord’s wrath,none survived or escaped.Those I have borne and nurtured,my enemy has utterly destroyed.”