² The Lord has ^[a](A)destroyed; He has not spared
All the settlements of Jacob.
In His wrath He has ^(B)overthrown
The strongholds of the daughter of Judah,
He has ^(C)hurled them down to the ground;
He has ^(D)profaned the kingdom and its leaders.

⁵ The Lord has become like an ^(A)enemy.
He has ^(B)engulfed Israel;
He has engulfed all its ^(C)palaces,
He has destroyed its strongholds
And ^(D)caused great mourning and grieving in the daughter of Judah.