2 ^[a]How the Lord has covered Daughter Zion
    with the cloud of his anger^[b]!^(A)
He has hurled down the splendor of Israel
    from heaven to earth;
he has not remembered his footstool^(B)
    in the day of his anger.^(C)

⁷ “Let us go to his dwelling place,^(A)
    let us worship at his footstool,^(B) saying,

²     a day of darkness^(A) and gloom,^(B)
    a day of clouds^(C) and blackness.^(D)
Like dawn spreading across the mountains
    a large and mighty army^(E) comes,
such as never was in ancient times^(F)
    nor ever will be in ages to come.

¹⁸ Dark will be the day at Tahpanhes^(A)
    when I break the yoke of Egypt;^(B)
    there her proud strength will come to an end.
She will be covered with clouds,
    and her villages will go into captivity.^(C)

¹⁴ You were anointed^(A) as a guardian cherub,^(B)
    for so I ordained you.
You were on the holy mount of God;
    you walked among the fiery stones.
¹⁵ You were blameless in your ways
    from the day you were created
    till wickedness was found in you.
¹⁶ Through your widespread trade
    you were filled with violence,^(C)
    and you sinned.
So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God,
    and I expelled you, guardian cherub,^(D)
    from among the fiery stones.

⁴³ “You have covered yourself with anger and pursued^(A) us;
    you have slain without pity.^(B)
44 You have covered yourself with a cloud^(C)
    so that no prayer^(D) can get through.^(E)

¹¹ Our holy and glorious temple,^(A) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured^(B) lies in ruins.