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Lamentations 2:12

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers’ bosom.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE

Little kids are crying to their moms, 'Where's the food? Where's something to drink?' as they collapse like wounded soldiers right there in the city streets, dying in their mothers' arms.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Even the children are starving and dying — this is what complete devastation looks like.

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