¹⁵ I wear burlap to show my grief.
    My pride lies in the dust.

⁵ then let my enemies capture me.
    Let them trample me into the ground
    and drag my honor in the dust. Interlude

¹² At that time the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
    called you to weep and mourn.
He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your sins
    and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.

⁵ Don’t raise your fists in defiance at the heavens
    or speak with such arrogance.’”

¹⁰ For God says, “I will break the strength of the wicked,
    but I will increase the power of the godly.”

¹⁹ He has thrown me into the mud.
    I’m nothing more than dust and ashes.

¹⁰     Those who fight against the Lord will be shattered.
He thunders against them from heaven;
    the Lord judges throughout the earth.
He gives power to his king;
    he increases the strength^[a] of his anointed one.”