<p class="poetry">&#8220;The people of Judah are in mourning.p> <p class="poetry">The people in her cities are pining away.p> <p class="poetry">They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Cries of distress come up to me<n id="2" /> from Jerusalem.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc> who rules over all<n id="1" /> says,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;Babylon&#8217;s thick wall<n id="2" /> will be completely demolished.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Her high gates will be set on fire.p> <p class="poetry">The peoples strive for what does not satisfy.<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>