“‘They misled you and overcame you—
    those trusted friends^(B) of yours.
Your feet are sunk in the mud;^(C)
    your friends have deserted you.’

³¹ I hear a cry as of a woman in labor,^(A)
    a groan as of one bearing her first child—
the cry of Daughter Zion^(B) gasping for breath,^(C)
    stretching out her hands^(D) and saying,
“Alas! I am fainting;
    my life is given over to murderers.”^(E)