1 How the Lord has covered the daughter of ZionWith a cloud in His anger!He cast down from heaven to the earthThe beauty of Israel,And did not remember His footstoolIn the day of His anger.
2 The Lord has swallowed up and has not pitiedAll the dwelling places of Jacob.He has thrown down in His wrathThe strongholds of the daughter of Judah;He has brought them down to the ground;He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.
3 He has cut off in fierce angerEvery horn of Israel;He has drawn back His right handFrom before the enemy.He has blazed against Jacob like a flaming fireDevouring all around.
4 Standing like an enemy, He has bent His bow;With His right hand, like an adversary,He has slain all who were pleasing to His eye;On the tent of the daughter of Zion,He has poured out His fury like fire.