³ After affliction and harsh labor,
    Judah has gone into exile.^(A)
She dwells among the nations;
    she finds no resting place.^(B)
All who pursue her have overtaken her^(C)
    in the midst of her distress.

⁴ Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword^(A) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
    for harm^(B) and not for good.^(C)”^(D)