18 There is no one to guide heramong all the sons she has brought forth;nor is there anyone to take hold of her handof all the sons that she has brought up.
19 These two things have befallen you;who shall be mournful for you?Desolation, and destruction, and famine, and sword—how shall I comfort you?
20 Your sons have fainted;they lie at the head of all the streetsas an antelope in a net;they are full of the fury of the Lord,the rebuke of your God.
21 Therefore please hear this,you afflicted who are drunk but not with wine.
22 Thus says your Lord, the Lord,and your God who pleads the cause of His people:See, I have taken out of your handthe cup of reeling,even the dregs of the cup of My fury;you will never drink it again.
23 But I will put it into the hand of those who afflict you,who have said to you,“Lie down that we may walk over you.”And you have laid your back as the groundand as the street for those who walk on it.