^(C)“If the righteous one is scarcely saved,
Where will the ungodly and the sinner appear?”

¹⁵ All who ^[a]pass by ^(A)clap their hands at you;
They hiss ^(B)and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that is called
^(C)‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of the whole earth’?”

^16 (D)All your enemies have opened their mouth against you;
They hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, ^(E)“We have swallowed her up!
Surely this is the ^(F)day we have waited for;
We have found it, ^(G)we have seen it!”

¹⁷ The Lord has done what He ^(H)purposed;
He has fulfilled His word
Which He commanded in days of old.
He has thrown down and has not pitied,
And He has caused an enemy to ^(I)rejoice over you;
He has exalted the ^[b]horn of your adversaries.

¹⁸ Their heart cried out to the Lord,
“O wall of the daughter of Zion,
^(J)Let tears run down like a river day and night;
Give yourself no relief;
Give ^[c]your eyes no rest.

¹⁹ “Arise, ^(K)cry out in the night,
At the beginning of the watches;
^(L)Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
Lift your hands toward Him
For the life of your young children,
Who faint from hunger ^(M)at the head of every street.”