<p class="poetry">Residents<n id="1" /> of Shaphir,<n id="2" /> pass by in nakedness and humiliation!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">The residents of Zaanan can&#8217;t leave their city.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Beth Ezel<n id="5" /> mourns,<n id="6" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;He takes from you what he desires.&#8221;<n id="7" />p>

<p class="poetry">The earth will become desolate<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">because of what its inhabitants have done.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Indeed, the residents of Maroth<n id="1" /> hope for something good to happen,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">though the <sc>Lordsc> has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Residents of Mareshah,<n id="1" /> a conqueror will attack you,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">the leaders of Israel shall flee to Adullam.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">The city&#8217;s rich men think nothing of resorting to violence;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">her inhabitants lie,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">their tongues speak deceptive words.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">Residents of Lachish,<n id="1" /> hitch the horses to the chariots!p> <p class="poetry">You<n id="2" /> influenced Daughter Zion<n id="3" /> to sin,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">for Israel&#8217;s rebellious deeds can be traced back<n id="5" /> to you!p>

<p class="poetry">Each will sit under his own grapevinep> <p class="poetry">or under his own fig tree without any fear.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The <sc>Lordsc> who commands armies has decreed it.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">He will assume his post<n id="1" /> and shepherd the people<n id="2" /> by the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s strength,p> <p class="poetry">by the sovereign authority of the <sc>Lordsc> his God.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">They will live securely,<n id="4" /> for at that time he will be honored<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">even in the distant regions of<n id="6" /> the earth.p>

<p class="poetry">You implement the regulations of Omri,p> <p class="poetry">and all the practices of Ahab&#8217;s dynasty;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you follow their policies.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Therefore I will make you an appalling sight,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">the city&#8217;s<n id="4" /> inhabitants will be taunted derisively,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and nations will mock all of you.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">My enemies,<n id="1" /> do not gloat<n id="2" /> over me!p> <p class="poetry">Though I have fallen, I will get up.p> <p class="poetry">Though I sit in darkness, the <sc>Lordsc> will be my light.<n id="3" />p>