<p class="poetry">&#8220;My people, how have I wronged you?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">How have I wearied you? Answer me!p>

<p class="poetry">I will angrily seek vengeancep> <p class="poetry">on the nations that do not obey me.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For this reason I<n id="1" /> will mourn and wail;p> <p class="poetry">I will walk around barefoot<n id="2" /> and without my outer garments.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">I will howl<n id="4" /> like a wild dog,<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">and screech<n id="6" /> like an owl.<n id="7" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">because they have the power to do so.p>

<p class="poetry">I must endure<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s anger,p> <p class="poetry">for I have sinned against him.p> <p class="poetry">But then<n id="2" /> he will defend my cause,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and accomplish justice on my behalf.p> <p class="poetry">He will lead me out into the light;p> <p class="poetry">I will experience firsthand<n id="4" /> his deliverance.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">He has told you, O man, what is good,p> <p class="poetry">and what the <sc>Lordsc> really wants from you:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">He wants you to<n id="2" /> promote<n id="3" /> justice, to be faithful,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">and to live obediently before<n id="5" /> your God.p>