¹⁸ “The Lord is righteous,^(A)
    yet I rebelled^(B) against his command.
Listen, all you peoples;
    look on my suffering.^(C)
My young men and young women
    have gone into exile.^(D)

⁸ So put on sackcloth,^(A)
    lament^(B) and wail,
for the fierce anger^(C) of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.

¹⁶ Their land will be an object of horror^(A)
    and of lasting scorn;^(B)
all who pass by will be appalled^(C)
    and will shake their heads.^(D)

²³ See, the storm^(A) of the Lord
    will burst out in wrath,
a driving wind swirling down
    on the heads of the wicked.

²⁴ The fierce anger^(A) of the Lord will not turn back^(B)
    until he fully accomplishes
    the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
    you will understand^(C) this.