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Lamentations 2:11-13
Contemporary English Version
Lamentations 2:11-13
Contemporary English Version
11 My eyes are red from crying,
my stomach is in knots,
and I feel sick all over.
My people are being wiped out,
and children lie helpless
in the streets of the city.
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?
Footnotes
- 2.13 How great … pain: Or “What are you really like?” or “What can I say about you?”
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