¹⁷ Zion stretches out her hands,^(A)
    but there is no one to comfort her.
The Lord has decreed for Jacob
    that his neighbors become his foes;^(B)
Jerusalem has become
    an unclean^(C) thing^(D) among them.

²¹ “People have heard my groaning,^(A)
    but there is no one to comfort me.^(B)
All my enemies have heard of my distress;
    they rejoice^(C) at what you have done.
May you bring the day^(D) you have announced
    so they may become like me.