2 Lovely and delicatedaughter Zion, you are ruined!
3 Against her, shepherds come with their flocks;all around, they pitch their tents against her;each one grazes his portion.
4 “Prepare for war against her,Up! let us rush upon her at midday!”“Woe to us! the day is waning,evening shadows lengthen!”
5 “Up! let us rush upon her by night,destroy her palaces!”
6 For thus says the Lord of hosts:Hew down her trees,throw up a siege mound against Jerusalem.Woe to the city marked for punishment;there is nothing but oppression within her!
7 As a well keeps its waters fresh,so she keeps fresh her wickedness.Violence and destruction resound in her;ever before me are wounds and blows.
8 Be warned, Jerusalem,or I will be estranged from you,And I will turn you into a wilderness,a land where no one dwells.