²⁷ Was not Israel the object of your ridicule?^(A)
    Was she caught among thieves,^(B)
that you shake your head^(C) in scorn^(D)
    whenever you speak of her?

⁷ In the days of her affliction and wandering
    Jerusalem remembers all the treasures
    that were hers in days of old.
When her people fell into enemy hands,
    there was no one to help her.^(A)
Her enemies looked at her
    and laughed^(B) at her destruction.