²⁰ “Never again will there be in it
    an infant^(A) who lives but a few days,
    or an old man who does not live out his years;^(B)
the one who dies at a hundred
    will be thought a mere child;
the one who fails to reach^[a] a hundred
    will be considered accursed.
²¹ They will build houses^(C) and dwell in them;
    they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.^(D)
22 No longer will they build houses and others live in them,^(E)
    or plant and others eat.
For as the days of a tree,^(F)
    so will be the days^(G) of my people;
my chosen^(H) ones will long enjoy
    the work of their hands.

¹¹ Women have been violated^(A) in Zion,
    and virgins in the towns of Judah.
¹² Princes have been hung up by their hands;
    elders^(B) are shown no respect.^(C)
13 Young men toil at the millstones;
    boys stagger under loads of wood.
¹⁴ The elders are gone from the city gate;
    the young men have stopped their music.^(D)
15 Joy is gone from our hearts;
    our dancing has turned to mourning.^(E)

²⁰ “Look, Lord, and consider:
    Whom have you ever treated like this?
Should women eat their offspring,^(A)
    the children they have cared for?^(B)
Should priest and prophet be killed^(C)
    in the sanctuary of the Lord?^(D)

²¹ “Young and old lie together
    in the dust of the streets;
my young men and young women
    have fallen by the sword.^(E)
You have slain them in the day of your anger;
    you have slaughtered them without pity.^(F)

²² “As you summon to a feast day,
    so you summoned against me terrors^(G) on every side.
In the day of the Lord’s anger
    no one escaped^(H) or survived;
those I cared for and reared^(I)
    my enemy has destroyed.”

²⁶ You will come to the grave in full vigor,^(A)
    like sheaves gathered in season.^(B)