¹⁷ You are to speak this word to them:
Let my eyes overflow with tears;
day and night may they not stop,^(A)
for my dearest people^[a]
have been destroyed by a crushing blow,^(B)
an extremely severe wound.^(C)

Your injury is incurable;
your wound most severe.^(A)

¹⁹ There is no remedy for your injury;
your wound is severe.^(A)
All who hear the news about you
will clap their hands because of you,^(B)
for who has not experienced
your constant cruelty?