¹⁷ Because of this our hearts^(A) are faint,^(B)
    because of these things our eyes^(C) grow dim^(D)

⁵ Why should you be beaten^(A) anymore?
    Why do you persist^(B) in rebellion?^(C)
Your whole head is injured,
    your whole heart^(D) afflicted.^(E)

¹¹ My eyes fail from weeping,^(A)
    I am in torment within^(B);
my heart^(C) is poured out^(D) on the ground
    because my people are destroyed,^(E)
because children and infants faint^(F)
    in the streets of the city.

⁷ My eyes grow weak^(A) with sorrow;
    they fail because of all my foes.

⁷ My eyes have grown dim with grief;^(A)
    my whole frame is but a shadow.^(B)

¹⁴ I cried like a swift or thrush,
    I moaned like a mourning dove.^(A)
My eyes grew weak^(B) as I looked to the heavens.
    I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”^(C)

¹⁵ So that hearts may melt with fear^(A)
    and the fallen be many,
I have stationed the sword for slaughter^[a]
    at all their gates.
Look! It is forged to strike like lightning,
    it is grasped for slaughter.^(B)