¹² let’s swallow^(A) them alive, like the grave,
    and whole, like those who go down to the pit;^(B)

¹³ “Their throats are open graves;
    their tongues practice deceit.”^[a](A)
“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”^[b](B)

²     you who hate good and love evil;
who tear the skin from my people
    and the flesh from their bones;^(A)
3 who eat my people’s flesh,^(B)
    strip off their skin
    and break their bones in pieces;^(C)
who chop^(D) them up like meat for the pan,
    like flesh for the pot?^(E)”

¹⁶ All your enemies open their mouths
    wide against you;^(A)
they scoff and gnash their teeth^(B)
    and say, “We have swallowed her up.^(C)
This is the day we have waited for;
    we have lived to see it.”^(D)

⁵ The Lord is like an enemy;^(A)
    he has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces
    and destroyed her strongholds.^(B)
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation^(C)
    for Daughter Judah.^(D)

³⁴ “Nebuchadnezzar^(A) king of Babylon has devoured^(B) us,^(C)
    he has thrown us into confusion,
    he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
    and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
    and then has spewed^(D) us out.

⁷ Answer me quickly,^(A) Lord;
    my spirit fails.^(B)
Do not hide your face^(C) from me
    or I will be like those who go down to the pit.