17 (A)Your eyes will behold the king in his beauty;
    (B)they will see a land that stretches afar.
18 (C)Your heart will muse on the terror:
    “Where is he who counted, where is (D)he who weighed the tribute?
    Where is (E)he who counted the towers?”
19 (F)You will see no more the insolent people,
    the people (G)of an obscure speech that you cannot comprehend,
    stammering in a tongue that you cannot understand.

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17 Your eyes will see the king(A) in his beauty(B)
    and view a land that stretches afar.(C)
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:(D)
    “Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
    Where is the officer in charge of the towers?(E)
19 You will see those arrogant people(F) no more,
    people whose speech is obscure,
    whose language is strange and incomprehensible.(G)

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