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that we would each eat[a] the flesh of our sons, each the flesh of our daughters. He has made us subject to all the kingdoms around us, an object of reproach and horror among all the peoples around us, where the Lord has scattered us.(A) We are brought low, not raised high,(B) because we sinned against the Lord, our God, not listening to his voice.

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  1. 2:3 We would each eat: such dreadful events were the result of the prolonged siege of Jerusalem; cf. Lam 2:20.