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For her blood in her midst hath been, On a clear place of a rock she hath set it, She hath not poured it on the earth, To cover it over with dust.

To cause fury to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on a clear place of a rock -- not to be covered.

Therefore, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Wo [to] the city of blood, yea, I -- I make great the pile.

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“‘For the blood she shed is in her midst:
    She poured it on the bare rock;
she did not pour it on the ground,
    where the dust would cover it.(A)
To stir up wrath and take revenge
    I put her blood on the bare rock,
    so that it would not be covered.

“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘Woe to the city of bloodshed!
    I, too, will pile the wood high.

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