The anger of Jehovah hath scattered them; he will no more regard them:\par\tab They respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders.\par
I was wroth with my people, I profaned mine inheritance, and gave them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the aged hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
See, O Jehovah, and behold to whom thou hast done thus!\par\tab Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands?\par\tab Shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, they keep silence;\par\tab They have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth:\par\tab The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.\par