Albert Barnes Commentary Lamentations 2:21

"The youth and the old man lie on the ground in the streets; My virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword: Thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast slaughtered, [and] not pitied." — Lamentations 2:21 (ASV)

Omit “them” and “and,” which weaken the intensity of the passage.