¹² May there be no one to do him a kindness
    nor anyone to pity his orphaned children.^(A)

¹¹ When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
    women come and make a fire of them.
For this is a people without understanding;
    therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
    he who formed them will show them no favor.^(A)

¹⁸ Their bows will slaughter the young men;
    they will have no mercy on the fruit of the womb;
    their eyes will not pity children.^(A)

¹⁷ That is why the Lord did not have pity on^[a] their young people
    or compassion on their orphans and widows,
for everyone was godless and an evildoer,
    and every mouth spoke folly.
For all this his anger has not turned away;
    his hand is stretched out still.^(A)

⁸ O daughter Babylon, you devastator!^[a]
    Happy shall they be who pay you back
    what you have done to us!^(A)
9 Happy shall they be who take your little ones
    and dash them against the rock!^(B)

⁴ Their children are far from safety,
    they are crushed in the gate,
    and there is no one to deliver them.^(A)