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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”

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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