⁷ Has the Lord struck her
    as he struck^(A) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
    as those were killed who killed her?

¹⁹ Nothing can heal you;^(A)
    your wound is fatal.
All who hear the news about you
    clap their hands^(B) at your fall,
for who has not felt
    your endless cruelty?^(C)

¹⁴ The Lord has given a command concerning you, Nineveh:
    “You will have no descendants to bear your name.^(A)
I will destroy the images^(B) and idols
    that are in the temple of your gods.
I will prepare your grave,^(C)
    for you are vile.”

⁴⁰ As I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah^(A)
    along with their neighboring towns,”
declares the Lord,
“so no one will live there;
    no people will dwell in it.^(B)

“The people of Israel are oppressed,^(A)
    and the people of Judah as well.
All their captors hold them fast,
    refusing to let them go.^(B)
34 Yet their Redeemer^(C) is strong;
    the Lord Almighty^(D) is his name.
He will vigorously defend their cause^(E)
    so that he may bring rest^(F) to their land,
    but unrest to those who live in Babylon.

¹¹ I am with you^(A) and will save you,’
    declares the Lord.
‘Though I completely destroy all the nations
    among which I scatter you,
    I will not completely destroy^(B) you.
I will discipline^(C) you but only in due measure;
    I will not let you go entirely unpunished.’^(D)

“‘Your wound^(E) is incurable,
    your injury beyond healing.^(F)
13 There is no one to plead your cause,^(G)
    no remedy for your sore,
    no healing^(H) for you.
¹⁴ All your allies^(I) have forgotten you;
    they care nothing for you.
I have struck you as an enemy^(J) would
    and punished you as would the cruel,^(K)
because your guilt is so great
    and your sins^(L) so many.
¹⁵ Why do you cry out over your wound,
    your pain that has no cure?^(M)
Because of your great guilt and many sins
    I have done these things to you.^(N)

¹⁶ “‘But all who devour^(O) you will be devoured;
    all your enemies will go into exile.^(P)
Those who plunder^(Q) you will be plundered;
    all who make spoil of you I will despoil.