¹⁶ Cut off the sower from Babylon,
And him who handles the sickle at harvest time.
For fear of the oppressing sword
^(A)Everyone shall turn to his own people,
And everyone shall flee to his own land.

¹⁴ It shall be as the hunted gazelle,
And as a sheep that no man ^[a]takes up;
^(A)Every man will turn to his own people,
And everyone will flee to his own land.

¹⁶ He made many fall;
Yes, ^(A)one fell upon another.
And they said, ‘Arise!
^(B)Let us go back to our own people
And to the land of our nativity
From the oppressing sword.’

²³ With you also I will break in pieces the shepherd and his flock;
With you I will break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen;
And with you I will break in pieces governors and rulers.

³⁸ He has left His lair like the lion;
For their land is desolate
Because of the fierceness of the Oppressor,
And because of His fierce anger.”