And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?\par
What shall I testify unto thee? what shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem?\par\tab What shall I compare to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion?\par\tab For thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee?
We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country; for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.