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God’s Anger Satisfied
How the gold has lost its luster!
Even the finest gold has become dull.
The sacred gemstones
lie scattered in the streets!
How the gold has lost its luster!
Even the finest gold has become dull.
The sacred gemstones
lie scattered in the streets!
Even the jackals present their breasts
To nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people is cruel,
Like ostriches in the wilderness.
To nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people is cruel,
Like ostriches in the wilderness.
Even the jackals feed their young,
but not my people Israel.
They ignore their children’s cries,
like ostriches in the desert.
but not my people Israel.
They ignore their children’s cries,
like ostriches in the desert.
The tongue of the infant clings
To the roof of its mouth for thirst;
The young children ask for bread,
But no one breaks it for them.
To the roof of its mouth for thirst;
The young children ask for bread,
But no one breaks it for them.
The parched tongues of their little ones
stick to the roofs of their mouths in thirst.
The children cry for bread,
but no one has any to give them.
stick to the roofs of their mouths in thirst.
The children cry for bread,
but no one has any to give them.
Those who ate delicacies
Are desolate in the streets;
Those who were brought up in scarlet
Embrace ash heaps.
Are desolate in the streets;
Those who were brought up in scarlet
Embrace ash heaps.
The people who once ate the richest foods
now beg in the streets for anything they can get.
Those who once wore the finest clothes
now search the garbage dumps for food.
now beg in the streets for anything they can get.
Those who once wore the finest clothes
now search the garbage dumps for food.
The punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people
Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom,
Which was overthrown in a moment,
With no hand to help her!
Is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom,
Which was overthrown in a moment,
With no hand to help her!
Now their appearance is blacker than soot;
They go unrecognized in the streets;
Their skin clings to their bones,
It has become as dry as wood.
They go unrecognized in the streets;
Their skin clings to their bones,
It has become as dry as wood.
But now their faces are blacker than soot.
No one recognizes them in the streets.
Their skin sticks to their bones;
it is as dry and hard as wood.
No one recognizes them in the streets.
Their skin sticks to their bones;
it is as dry and hard as wood.
Those slain by the sword are better off
Than those who die of hunger;
For these pine away,
Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field.
Than those who die of hunger;
For these pine away,
Stricken for lack of the fruits of the field.
Those killed by the sword are better off
than those who die of hunger.
Starving, they waste away
for lack of food from the fields.
than those who die of hunger.
Starving, they waste away
for lack of food from the fields.
Tenderhearted women
have cooked their own children.
They have eaten them
to survive the siege.
have cooked their own children.
They have eaten them
to survive the siege.
The Lord has fulfilled His fury,
He has poured out His fierce anger.
He kindled a fire in Zion,
And it has devoured its foundations.
He has poured out His fierce anger.
He kindled a fire in Zion,
And it has devoured its foundations.
The kings of the earth,
And all inhabitants of the world,
Would not have believed
That the adversary and the enemy
Could enter the gates of Jerusalem —
And all inhabitants of the world,
Would not have believed
That the adversary and the enemy
Could enter the gates of Jerusalem —
Not a king in all the earth —
no one in all the world —
would have believed that an enemy
could march through the gates of Jerusalem.
no one in all the world —
would have believed that an enemy
could march through the gates of Jerusalem.
Because of the sins of her prophets
And the iniquities of her priests,
Who shed in her midst
The blood of the just.
And the iniquities of her priests,
Who shed in her midst
The blood of the just.
Yet it happened because of the sins of her prophets
and the sins of her priests,
who defiled the city
by shedding innocent blood.
and the sins of her priests,
who defiled the city
by shedding innocent blood.
They wandered blind in the streets;
They have defiled themselves with blood,
So that no one would touch their garments.
They have defiled themselves with blood,
So that no one would touch their garments.
They wandered blindly
through the streets,
so defiled by blood
that no one dared touch them.
through the streets,
so defiled by blood
that no one dared touch them.
They cried out to them,
“Go away, unclean!
Go away, go away,
Do not touch us!”
When they fled and wandered,
Those among the nations said,
“They shall no longer dwell here.”
“Go away, unclean!
Go away, go away,
Do not touch us!”
When they fled and wandered,
Those among the nations said,
“They shall no longer dwell here.”
“Get away!” the people shouted at them.
“You’re defiled! Don’t touch us!”
So they fled to distant lands
and wandered among foreign nations,
but none would let them stay.
“You’re defiled! Don’t touch us!”
So they fled to distant lands
and wandered among foreign nations,
but none would let them stay.
The LORD himself has scattered them,
and he no longer helps them.
People show no respect for the priests
and no longer honor the leaders.
and he no longer helps them.
People show no respect for the priests
and no longer honor the leaders.
Still our eyes failed us,
Watching vainly for our help;
In our watching we watched
For a nation that could not save us.
Watching vainly for our help;
In our watching we watched
For a nation that could not save us.
We looked in vain for our allies
to come and save us,
but we were looking to nations
that could not help us.
to come and save us,
but we were looking to nations
that could not help us.
We couldn’t go into the streets
without danger to our lives.
Our end was near; our days were numbered.
We were doomed!
without danger to our lives.
Our end was near; our days were numbered.
We were doomed!
Our pursuers were swifter
Than the eagles of the heavens.
They pursued us on the mountains
And lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
Than the eagles of the heavens.
They pursued us on the mountains
And lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
Our enemies were swifter than eagles in flight.
If we fled to the mountains, they found us.
If we hid in the wilderness,
they were waiting for us there.
If we fled to the mountains, they found us.
If we hid in the wilderness,
they were waiting for us there.
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord,
Was caught in their pits,
Of whom we said, “Under his shadow
We shall live among the nations.”
Was caught in their pits,
Of whom we said, “Under his shadow
We shall live among the nations.”
Our king — the LORD’s anointed, the very life of our nation —
was caught in their snares.
We had thought that his shadow
would protect us against any nation on earth!
was caught in their snares.
We had thought that his shadow
would protect us against any nation on earth!
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom,
You who dwell in the land of Uz!
The cup shall also pass over to you
And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.
You who dwell in the land of Uz!
The cup shall also pass over to you
And you shall become drunk and make yourself naked.
Are you rejoicing in the land of Uz,
O people of Edom?
But you, too, must drink from the cup of the LORD’s anger.
You, too, will be stripped naked in your drunkenness.
O people of Edom?
But you, too, must drink from the cup of the LORD’s anger.
You, too, will be stripped naked in your drunkenness.