⁵ The Lord has broken the rod^(A) of the wicked,^(B)
    the scepter^(C) of the rulers,

⁶ which in anger struck down peoples^(A)
    with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued^(B) nations
    with relentless aggression.^(C)

¹⁶ “‘But all who devour^(A) you will be devoured;
    all your enemies will go into exile.^(B)
Those who plunder^(C) you will be plundered;
    all who make spoil of you I will despoil.

¹⁵ All who pass your way
    clap their hands at you;^(A)
they scoff^(B) and shake their heads^(C)
    at Daughter Jerusalem:^(D)
“Is this the city that was called
    the perfection of beauty,^(E)
    the joy of the whole earth?”^(F)