² For You have made ^(A)a city a ruin,
A fortified city a ruin,
A palace of foreigners to be a city no more;
It will never be rebuilt.

⁵ For He brings ^[a]down those who dwell on high,
^(A)The lofty city;
He lays it low,
He lays it low to the ground,
He brings it down to the dust.