4. He bent his bow like an enemy;the arrow in his right handLike a foe, he killedall those held precious;On the tent of daughter Zionhe poured out his wrath like fire.
5. The Lord has become the enemy,he has devoured Israel:Devoured all its strongholds,destroyed its defenses,Multiplied moaning and groaningthroughout daughter Judah.
6. He laid waste his booth like a garden,destroyed his shrine;The Lord has blotted out in Zionfeast day and sabbath,Has scorned in fierce wrathking and priest.
7. The Lord has rejected his altar,spurned his sanctuary;He has handed over to the enemythe walls of its strongholds.They shout in the house of the Lordas on a feast day.
8. The Lord was bent on destroyingthe wall of daughter Zion:He stretched out the measuring line;did not hesitate to devour,Brought grief on rampart and walltill both succumbed.
9. Her gates sank into the ground;he smashed her bars to bits.Her king and her princes are among the nations;instruction is wanting,Even her prophets do not obtainany vision from the Lord.
10. The elders of daughter Zionsit silently on the ground;They cast dust on their headsand dress in sackcloth;The young women of Jerusalembow their heads to the ground.
11. My eyes are spent with tears,my stomach churns;My bile is poured out on the groundat the brokenness of the daughter of my people,As children and infants collapsein the streets of the town.