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He has cut off all the horn of Israel in fierce anger.
    He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy.
He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire,
    which devours all around.

He has bent his bow like an enemy.
    He has stood with his right hand as an adversary.
He has killed all that were pleasant to the eye.
    In the tent of the daughter of Zion, he has poured out his wrath like fire.

The Lord has become as an enemy.
    He has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces.
    He has destroyed his strongholds.
    He has multiplied mourning and lamentation in the daughter of Judah.

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