“There will be wailing^(A) in all the streets^(B)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers^(C) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.

¹¹ Despair, you farmers,^(A)
    wail, you vine growers;
grieve for the wheat and the barley,^(B)
    because the harvest of the field is destroyed.^(C)

“Consider now! Call for the wailing women^(A) to come;
    send for the most skillful of them.
¹⁸ Let them come quickly
    and wail over us
till our eyes overflow with tears
    and water streams from our eyelids.^(B)
19 The sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
    ‘How ruined^(C) we are!
    How great is our shame!
We must leave our land
    because our houses are in ruins.’”

²⁰ Now, you women, hear the word of the Lord;
    open your ears to the words of his mouth.^(D)
Teach your daughters how to wail;
    teach one another a lament.^(E)

¹⁰ I will weep and wail for the mountains
    and take up a lament concerning the wilderness grasslands.^(A)
They are desolate and untraveled,
    and the lowing of cattle is not heard.
The birds^(B) have all fled
    and the animals are gone.

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(C)
    where all who had ships on the sea
    became rich through her wealth!
In one hour she has been brought to ruin!’^(D)

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(D)
    dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet,
    and glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls!^(E)

“‘Woe! Woe to you, great city,^(B)
    you mighty city of Babylon!
In one hour^(C) your doom has come!’

⁴ In that day people will ridicule you;
    they will taunt you with this mournful song:
‘We are utterly ruined;^(A)
    my people’s possession is divided up.^(B)
He takes it from me!
    He assigns our fields to traitors.’”