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The bodies of your people lie exposed—food for birds and animals. The enemy has butchered the entire population of Jerusalem; blood has flowed like water. No one is left even to bury them. The nations all around us scoff. They heap contempt on us.

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They have left the dead bodies of your servants
    as food for the birds of the sky,(A)
    the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.(B)
They have poured out blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there is no one to bury(C) the dead.(D)
We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(E) and derision to those around us.(F)

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