2:12a They cry out to their mothers:

The children ask their mothers
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Those children cry to their mothers

2:12b “Where is the grain and wine?”

“Give me something to eat and drink, ⌊mama⌋ !”
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and ask them for food.
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“Mama, Mama, we want food,” they cry. (TLB)

2:12c as they faint like the wounded

They fall down as if they were wounded ⌊like soldiers in a war⌋
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Then they fall down in pain (Easy English Bible)

2:12d in the streets of the city,

⌊and lie⌋ in the city’s streets.
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on the streets of the city. (Easy English Bible)

2:12c-d (combined)

They fall in the streets as though they were wounded. (GNTD)

2:12e as their lives fade away

They slowly die (Translation for Translators)
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They die slowly (NET Bible)

2:12f in the arms of their mothers.

in the arms of their mothers. (Translation for Translators)
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while their mothers hold them.

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