1. Lamentations 2:12 (ESV)
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Commentary on Lamentations 2:12 (Summary)

Lamentations 2:12 (ESV)

12 They cry to their mothers, “Where is bread and wine?” as they faint like a wounded man in the streets of the city, as their life is poured out on their mothers’ bosom.

Jeremiah sees children looking for food. He sees children and infants dying in their mothers’ arms.

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