World English Bible (WEB)
"Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches. Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street. "
Poetic mourning over Jerusalem's destruction.
Old Testament • Book #25
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