¹¹ We all growl like bears;
    we moan mournfully like doves.^(A)
We look for justice, but find none;
    for deliverance, but it is far away.

¹⁶ The fugitives^(A) who escape
    will flee to the mountains.
Like doves^(B) of the valleys,
    they will all moan,
    each for their own sins.^(C)

⁷ It is decreed^[a] that Nineveh
    be exiled and carried away.
Her female slaves moan^(A) like doves
    and beat on their breasts.^(B)