²⁰ But, O Lord of hosts,
You who judge righteously,
^(C)Testing the ^[a]mind and the heart,
Let me see Your ^(D)vengeance on them,
For to You I have revealed my cause.

^11 (A)My eyes fail with tears,
My ^[a]heart is troubled;
^(B)My ^[b]bile is poured on the ground
Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people,
Because ^(C)the children and the infants
Faint in the streets of the city.

¹² They say to their mothers,
“Where is grain and wine?”
As they swoon like the wounded
In the streets of the city,
As their life is poured out
In their mothers’ bosom.

¹³ How shall I ^(D)console^[c] you?
To what shall I liken you,
O daughter of Jerusalem?
What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you,
O virgin daughter of Zion?
For your ruin is spread wide as the sea;
Who can heal you?

¹⁴ Your ^(E)prophets have seen for you
False and deceptive visions;
They have not ^(F)uncovered your iniquity,
To bring back your captives,
But have envisioned for you false ^(G)prophecies and delusions.

¹⁵ All who ^[d]pass by ^(H)clap their hands at you;
They hiss ^(I)and shake their heads
At the daughter of Jerusalem:
“Is this the city that is called
^(J)‘The perfection of beauty,
The joy of the whole earth’?”

^16 (K)All your enemies have opened their mouth against you;
They hiss and gnash their teeth.
They say, ^(L)“We have swallowed her up!
Surely this is the ^(M)day we have waited for;
We have found it, ^(N)we have seen it!”

¹⁷ The Lord has done what He ^(O)purposed;
He has fulfilled His word
Which He commanded in days of old.
He has thrown down and has not pitied,
And He has caused an enemy to ^(P)rejoice over you;
He has exalted the ^[e]horn of your adversaries.