⁷ Jerusalem denkt in dieser Zeit, wie elend und verlassen sie ist, und wieviel Gutes sie von alters her gehabt hat, weil all ihr Volk daniederliegt unter dem Feinde und ihr niemand hilft; ihre Feinde sehen ihre Lust an ihr und spotten ihrer Sabbate.

⁴ He has bent his bow like an enemy, he has stood with his right hand as an adversary, Has killed all that were pleasant to the eye: In the tent of the daughter of Zion he has poured out his wrath like fire.