1. How the Lord in his angerhas set the daughter of Zion under a cloud! He has cast down from heaven to earththe splendor of Israel;he has not remembered his footstoolin the day of his anger.
2. The Lord has swallowed up without mercyall the habitations of Jacob;in his wrath he has broken downthe strongholds of the daughter of Judah;he has brought down to the ground in dishonorthe kingdom and its rulers.
3. He has cut down in fierce angerall the might of Israel; he has withdrawn from them his right handin the face of the enemy; he has burned like a flaming fire in Jacob,consuming all around.
4. He has bent his bow like an enemy,with his right hand set like a foe;and he has killed all who were delightful in our eyesin the tent of the daughter of Zion;he has poured out his fury like fire.