²⁰ to hear the groans of the prisoners^(A)
    and release those condemned to death.”

²² “Consider this, you who forget God,^(A)
    or I will tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:^(B)

³⁴ “Nebuchadnezzar^(A) king of Babylon has devoured^(B) us,^(C)
    he has thrown us into confusion,
    he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
    and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
    and then has spewed^(D) us out.
³⁵ May the violence^(E) done to our flesh^[a] be on Babylon,”
    say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
    says Jerusalem.^(F)

¹⁷ “Israel is a scattered flock^(A)
    that lions^(B) have chased away.
The first to devour^(C) them
    was the king^(D) of Assyria;
the last to crush their bones^(E)
    was Nebuchadnezzar^(F) king^(G) of Babylon.”

“At first my people went down to Egypt^(A) to live;
    lately, Assyria^(B) has oppressed them.

“For my people have been taken away for nothing,
    and those who rule them mock,^[a]”
declares the Lord.
“And all day long
    my name is constantly blasphemed.^(C)

²³ I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,^(A)
    who said to you,
    ‘Fall prostrate^(B) that we may walk^(C) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
    like a street to be walked on.”^(D)

⁷ to open eyes that are blind,^(A)
    to free^(B) captives from prison^(C)
    and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.^(D)