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Lamentations 2:12-14
Contemporary English Version
Lamentations 2:12-14
Contemporary English Version
12 A child begs its mother
for food and drink,
then blacks out
like a wounded soldier
lying in the street.
The child slowly dies
in its mother's arms.
13 Zion, how can I comfort you?
How great is your pain?[a]
Lovely city of Jerusalem,
how can I heal your wounds,
gaping as wide as the sea?
14 Your prophets deceived you
with false visions
and lying messages—
they should have warned you
to leave your sins
and be saved from disaster.
Footnotes
- 2.13 How great … pain: Or “What are you really like?” or “What can I say about you?”
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