Lamentations 2:18-22

18Day and night, cause your tears to run like a river round the walls of Zion. Cry to the Lord all the time, you people. Do not rest. Do not let your eyes stop crying.

19Stand up and pray for God's help. Talk to God all night. Pour out your words and thoughts to the Lord as you pour out water from a jar. Lift up your hands to him, and ask him to save the lives of your children. They fall down to die at the end of every street because they are so hungry.

20‘Look at us, Lord,’ you should say. ‘You have done all this to your people. Women eat their own children now! They eat the children that they took care of. People have killed your own priests and prophets in your holy house!

21Young people and old people lie dead in the streets. The enemy has killed the young men and women with long knives. But it was really you who killed them. You were very angry with us. So you killed them and you did not feel sorry.

22You asked our enemies to come round us as people come to a special feast. They killed our people because you were angry. Nobody could hide or run away. They all died. We saw the enemy kill our own children.’