1 “Look how the Lord has covered the people of Zion
2 The Lord swallowed up all of Jacob’s pastures without any pity.
3 In his burning anger he cut off all of Israel’s strength.
4 Like an enemy he bent his bow.
5 The Lord became an enemy.
6 He stripped his own booth as if it were a garden
7 The Lord rejected his altar and disowned his holy place.
8 The Lord planned to destroy the wall of Zion’s people.
9 “⌞Zion’s⌟ gates have sunk into the ground.
10 The respected leaders of Zion’s people sit silently on the ground.
11 My eyes are worn out with tears.
12 They’re asking their mothers for some bread and wine
13 “What example can I give you?
14 Your prophets saw misleading visions about you.
15 Everyone who walks along the road shakes a fist at you.
16 All your enemies gawk at you.
17 The Lord has accomplished what he had planned to do.
18 The hearts of Jerusalem’s people
19 Get up! Cry out at night, every hour on the hour.
20 “O Lord, look and consider:
21 Young and old lie on the ground in the streets.
22 You have invited those who terrorize me on every side,