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24 Who gave Jacob to the looter,
    Israel to the plunderers?
Was it not Adonai?
Have we not sinned against Him?
In His ways they were unwilling to walk
and His Torah they did not obey.
25 So He poured out on him the fury of His anger,
    and the fierceness of battle.
it blazed all around him, yet he did not understand it.
it burned him, yet he did not take it to heart.

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24 Who handed Jacob over to become loot,
    and Israel to the plunderers?(A)
Was it not the Lord,(B)
    against whom we have sinned?
For they would not follow(C) his ways;
    they did not obey his law.(D)
25 So he poured out on them his burning anger,(E)
    the violence of war.
It enveloped them in flames,(F) yet they did not understand;(G)
    it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.(H)

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