KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Young and old are lying dead in the streets together. The girls who should be getting married and the guys who had their whole lives ahead of them — they're all gone, killed by violence. You did this in your anger, God. You took them without mercy.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes the weight of loss and tragedy feels so heavy that even God seems distant.
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