Lam 2 rework

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\q They hiss and shake their heads against the daughter of Jerusalem and say,
\q "Is this the city that they called 'The Perfection of Beauty,' 'The Joy for All of Earth'?"
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\v 16 All your enemies open their mouths wide and mock you.
\q They whistle and grind their teeth; they say, "We have swallowed her!
\q Certainly this is the day for which we waited! We have found it! We have seen it!"
\v 16 All your enemies open their mouths and mocked you.
\q They sneer and grind their teeth and say, "We have swallowed her up!
\q This is the day we jave waited for! We have lived to see it!"
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\v 17 Yahweh has done what he decided. He has fulfilled his word that he proclaimed long ago.
\q He has torn down; he has not shown compassion,
\q for he has allowed the enemy to rejoice over you; he has lifted up the strength of your enemies.
\v 17 Yahweh has done what he planned to do. He has fulfilled his word.
\q He has overthrown you without pity,
\q for he has permitted the enemy to rejoice over you; he has increased the power of your enemies.
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\v 18 Their heart shouts to the Lord,
\q "Walls of the daughter of Zion, let tears flow down like a river day and night.
\q Give yourself no reprieve. Do not stop the outflow of your eyes.
\v 18 Their heart cried out to the Lord,
\q walls of the daughter of Zion! Make your tears flow down like a river day and night.
\q Give yourself no relief, your eyes no relief.
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\v 19 Stand and cry out in the night; from the beginning of the watches
\q pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
\q Lift up your hands to him for the life of your children who lie weak with hunger at the head of every street."
\v 19 Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches!
\q Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
\q Lift up your hands to him for the lives of your children who faint with hunger at the corner of every street."
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\v 20 Look, Yahweh, and regard those whom you have dealt with so severely.
\q Should the women eat their own fruit, the children whom they have cared for?
\q Should the priest and the prophet be slaughtered in the sanctuary of the Lord?
\v 20 See, Yahweh, and consider those you have dealt in this way.
\q Should women eat the fruit of their wombs, the children whom they have cared for?
\q Should priest and prophet be slaughtered in the sanctuary of the Lord?
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\v 21 Both the young and the old lie on the ground in the streets.
\q My virgins and my vigorous men have fallen by the sword.
\q You have slaughtered them in the day of your wrath; you have killed ruthlessly and shown no compassion.
\v 21 Both the young and the old lie on the dust of the streets.
\q My young women and my young men have fallen by the sword;
\q you have slaughtered them without taking pity on them.
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\v 22 You have summoned my terrors from all around as on the day of the solemn assembly;
\q no one escaped, and there was no survivor on the day of Yahweh's wrath.
\q Those whom I nurtured and raised, my enemy has brought to an end.
\v 22 You have summoned, as you would call the people to a feast day, my terrors on every side, on the day of the anger of Yahweh no one escaped or survived;
\q those I cared for and raised,
\q my enemy has destroyed.