<t /><p class="poetry">People of Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> go up to Lebanon and cry out in mourning.p> <p class="poetry">Go to the land of Bashan and cry out loudly.p> <p class="poetry">Cry out in mourning from the mountains of Moab.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For your allies<n id="3" /> have all been defeated.p>

<p class="poetry">The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting.p> <p class="poetry">They will remain in their fortified cities.p> <p class="poetry">They will lose their strength to do battle.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">They will be as frightened as women.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">The houses in her cities will be set on fire.p> <p class="poetry">The gates of her cities will be broken down.<n id="3" />p>