<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;I destroyed<n id="1" /> nations;p> <p class="poetry">their walled cities<n id="2" /> are in ruins.p> <p class="poetry">I turned their streets into ruins;p> <p class="poetry">no one passes through them.p> <p class="poetry">Their cities are desolate;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">no one lives there.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">before God&#8217;s decree becomes reality<n id="1" /> and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">before the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s raging anger<n id="3" /> overtakes<n id="4" /> you &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">before the day of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s angry judgment overtakes you!p>

<p class="poetry">This is how the once-proud city will end up<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">the city that was so secure.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">She thought to herself,<n id="3" /> &#8220;I am unique! No one can compare to me!&#8221;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live!p> <p class="poetry">Everyone who passes by her taunts her<n id="5" /> and shakes his fist.<n id="6" />p>