¹⁷ You renew your witnesses against me
    and increase your vexation toward me;
    you bring fresh troops against me.^[a](A)

⁶ look away from them and desist,^[a]
    that they may enjoy, like laborers, their days.^(A)

¹⁴ If mortals die, will they live again?
    All the days of my service I would wait
    until my release should come.^(A)

² Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
    and cry to her
that she has served her term,
    that her penalty is paid,
that she has received from the Lord’s hand
    double for all her sins.^(A)