<p class="poetry">He destroyed their vines with hail,p> <p class="poetry">and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain.p>

<p class="poetry">For<n id="1" /> wrath kills the foolish person,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">and anger<n id="3" /> slays the silly one.p>

<p class="poetry">He waits in ambush near the villages;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">in hidden places he kills the innocent.p> <p class="poetry">His eyes look for some unfortunate victim.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The poor will graze in my pastures;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the needy will rest securely.p> <p class="poetry">But I will kill your root by famine;p> <p class="poetry">it will put to death all your survivors.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="lamhebrew">&#1512; (<i>Reshi>)p> <p class="poetry">Look, O <sc>Lord!sc> Consider!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Whom have you ever afflicted<n id="2" /> like this?p> <p class="poetry">Should women eat their offspring,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">their healthy infants?<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">Should priest and prophetp> <p class="poetry">be killed in the Lord&#8217;s<n id="5" /> sanctuary?p>

He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, erect a siege ramp against you, and raise a great shield against you.

With his horses&#8217; hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground.