Lamentations 2:17-22

Lamentations 2:17-22

[17] The LORD  hath done  that which he had devised;  he hath fulfilled  his word  that he had commanded  in the days  of old:  he hath thrown down,  and hath not pitied:  and he hath caused thine enemy  to rejoice  over thee, he hath set up  the horn  of thine adversaries.  [18] Their heart  cried  unto the Lord,  O wall  of the daughter  of Zion,  let tears  run down  like a river  day  and night:  give  thyself no rest;  let not the apple  of thine eye  cease.  [19] Arise,  cry out  in the night:  in the beginning  of the watches  pour out  thine heart  like water  before  the face  of the Lord:  lift up  thy hands  toward him for the life  of thy young children,  that faint  for hunger  in the top  of every street.  [20] Behold,  O LORD,  and consider  to whom thou hast done  this.  Shall the women  eat  their fruit,  and children  of a span long?  shall the priest  and the prophet  be slain  in the sanctuary  of the Lord?  [21] The young  and the old  lie  on the ground  in the streets:  my virgins  and my young men  are fallen  by the sword;  thou hast slain  them in the day  of thine anger;  thou hast killed,  and not pitied.  [22] Thou hast called  as in a solemn  day  my terrors  round about,  so that in the day  of the LORD'S  anger  none escaped  nor remained:  those that I have swaddled  and brought up  hath mine enemy  consumed.