<p class="poetry">I will make you serve your enemies<n id="1" /> in a land that you know nothing about.p> <p class="poetry">For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">I said,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;<sc>Lordsc>, you know how I suffer.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Take thought of me and care for me.p> <p class="poetry">Pay back for me those who have been persecuting me.p> <p class="poetry">Do not be so patient with them that you allow them to kill me.p> <p class="poetry">Be mindful of how I have put up with their insults for your sake.p>

<p class="poetry">But I have not pestered you to bring disaster.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I have not desired the time of irreparable devastation.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">You know that.p> <p class="poetry">You are fully aware of every word that I have spoken.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">I set a trap for you, Babylon;p> <p class="poetry">you were caught before you knew it.p> <p class="poetry">You fought against me.p> <p class="poetry">So you were found and captured.<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">You will lose your hold on the land<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">which I gave to you as a permanent possession.p> <p class="poetry">I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about.p> <p class="poetry">For you have made my anger burn like a fire that will never be put out.&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">But you, <sc>Lordsc>, knowp> <p class="poetry">all their plots to kill me.p> <p class="poetry">Do not pardon their crimes!p> <p class="poetry">Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Let them be brought down in defeat before you!p> <p class="poetry">Deal with them while you are still angry!<n id="2" />p>