before the mountains were set in place – before the hills – I was born,

On what were its bases set, or who laid its cornerstone –

All the women who are left in the royal palace of Judah will be led out to the officers of the king of Babylon. They will taunt you saying, ‘Your trusted friends misled you; they have gotten the best of you. Now that your feet are stuck in the mud, they have turned their backs on you.’