2:20a Look, O LORD, and consider:

Yahweh, look and think about it! (Translation for Translators)
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⌊Jerusalem says,⌋ “Yahweh, look at me. Think ⌊about my condition⌋.

2:20b Whom have You ever treated like this?

Have you ever caused people to suffer like this before? (Translation for Translators) ⌊No! Never!⌋
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You have never treated anyone else like this!
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You have caused us ⌊your chosen people⌋ to suffer worse than anyone else ever!

2:20c Should women eat their offspring,

Is it right that mothers eat their children? ⌊No!⌋
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How can it be that women ⌊are so hungry that they⌋ eat their children?

2:20d the infants they have nurtured?

⌊They eat⌋ the babies, whom they tenderly cared for. ⌊That is terrible!⌋
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⌊They are so hungry that they cook and eat their⌋ little ones, whom they love so dearly!

2:20e Should priests and prophets be killed

Is it right that priests and prophets are being killed (Translation for Translators)
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How can the priests and prophets be killed

2:20f in the sanctuary of the Lord?

in your own temple? (Translation for Translators) ⌊Of course not!⌋ ⌊They shouldn’t be!⌋
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while they serve Yahweh in the holy place? ⌊That is terrible!⌋

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