<p class="poetry">Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne?<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Even if mothers<n id="3" /> were to forget,p> <p class="poetry">I could never forget you!<n id="4" />p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Zion said, &#8216;The <sc>Lordsc> has abandoned me,p> <p class="poetry">the sovereign master<n id="1" /> has forgotten me.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Take the harp,p> <p class="poetry">go through the city,p> <p class="poetry">forgotten prostitute!p> <p class="poetry">Play it well,p> <p class="poetry">play lots of songs,p> <p class="poetry">so you&#8217;ll be noticed!&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For you ignore<n id="1" /> the God who rescues you;p> <p class="poetry">you pay no attention to your strong protector.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">So this is what happens:p> <p class="poetry">You cultivate beautiful plantsp> <p class="poetry">and plant exotic vines.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="bodytext">At that time<n id="1" /> Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years,<n id="2" /> the typical life span of a king.<n id="3" /> At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song:<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">But as for you who abandon the <sc>Lordsc>p> <p class="poetry">and forget about worshiping at<n id="1" /> my holy mountain,p> <p class="poetry">who prepare a feast for the god called &#8216;Fortune,&#8217;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and fill up wine jugs for the god called &#8216;Destiny&#8217;<n id="3" /> &#8211;p>

<p class="poetry">Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">will do so in the name of the faithful God;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">whoever makes an oath in the earthp> <p class="poetry">will do so in the name of the faithful God.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">For past problems will be forgotten;p> <p class="poetry">I will no longer think about them.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why do you forget<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc>, who made you,p> <p class="poetry">who stretched out the sky<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and founded the earth?p> <p class="poetry">Why do you constantly tremble all day long<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">at the anger of the oppressor,p> <p class="poetry">when he makes plans to destroy?p> <p class="poetry">Where is the anger of the oppressor?<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t be afraid, for you will not be put to shame!p> <p class="poetry">Don&#8217;t be intimidated,<n id="1" /> for you will not be humiliated!p> <p class="poetry">You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth;p> <p class="poetry">you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment.<n id="2" />p>