“Those who were my enemies for no reason hunted me like a bird.
They surround me with hateful words. They fight against me for no reason.
I have taken refuge in the Lord. How can you say to me: “Flee to your mountain like a bird?
Influential people have persecuted me for no reason, but it is only your words that fill my heart with terror.
We escaped like a bird caught in a hunter’s trap. The trap was broken, and we escaped.
Do not let my treacherous enemies gloat over me. Do not let those who hate me for no reason wink ⌞at me⌟.
For no reason they hid their net in a pit. For no reason they dug the pit ⌞to trap me⌟.
Those who hate me for no reason outnumber the hairs on my head. Those who want to destroy me are mighty. They have no reason to be my enemies. I am forced to pay back what I did not steal.
Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “What crime have I committed against you, your administrators, or these people? Why have you put me in prison?
What I see with my eyes disturbs me deeply because of all the young women in my city.
In this way what is written in their Scriptures has come true: ‘They hate me for no reason.’