<p class="poetry">They were unfaithful<n id="1" /> and acted as treacherously as<n id="2" /> their ancestors;p> <p class="poetry">they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">May all who hate Zionp> <p class="poetry">be humiliated and turned back!p>

<p class="poetry">Then we will not turn away from you.p> <p class="poetry">Revive us and we will pray to you!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">The backslider<n id="1" /> will be paid back<n id="2" /> from his own ways,p> <p class="poetry">but a good person will be rewarded<n id="3" /> for his.p>

<p class="poetry">May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated!p> <p class="poetry">May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">May those who are trying to snatch away my lifep> <p class="poetry">be totally embarrassed and ashamed!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">May those who want to harm mep> <p class="poetry">be turned back and ashamed!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">We have not been unfaithful,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">nor have we disobeyed your commands.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Everyone rejects God;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they are all morally corrupt.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">None of them does what is right,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">not even one!p>

<p class="poetry">May those who are trying to take my lifep> <p class="poetry">be embarrassed and ashamed!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">May those who want to harm mep> <p class="poetry">be turned back and ashamed!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Those who trust in idolsp> <p class="poetry">will turn back and be utterly humiliated,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who say to metal images, &#8216;You are our gods.&#8217;&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">The sovereign <sc>Lordsc> has spoken to me clearly;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I have not rebelled,p> <p class="poetry">I have not turned back.p>

<p class="poetry">and those who turn their backs on<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">and do not want the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s help or guidance.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">What do I see?&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;The soldiers<n id="3" /> are terrified.p> <p class="poetry">They are retreating.p> <p class="poetry">They have been defeated.p> <p class="poetry">They are overcome with terror;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">they desert quicklyp> <p class="poetry">without looking back.p>

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,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Your trusted friends misled you;p> <p class="poetry">they have gotten the best of you.p> <p class="poetry">Now that your feet are stuck in the mud,p> <p class="poetry">they have turned their backs on you.&#8217;<n id="2" />p>