And it yields much increase to the kings whom You have given to be over us because of our sinning. And they rule over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.
from men, by Your hand, O Jehovah, from men of the world whose portion is in this life, and their belly You fill with Your hidden things; they are satisfied with sons, and will leave their riches to their babes.
for the palace is left alone; the crowd of the city is forsaken; mound and tower are instead caves, until forever; a joy of wild asses; pasture for flocks;
And all the hills which were hoed with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorn-bushes; but it shall be for the sending out of the ox, and for trampling of sheep.
They have become fat; they shine. Yea, they pass over the deeds of the evil one; they do not judge the cause of the orphan, that they may prosper. And they do not judge the right of the needy ones.
For they sow the wind, and they reap the storm wind. A stalk is not to him; the bud shall make no flour. If it does make it, strangers will swallow it up.
Gathering I will gather all of you, Jacob; collecting I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will set him together like the sheep of Bozrah, like a flock in the midst of its pasture. They shall be in commotion because of men.
And flocks shall lie down in her midst; every beast of a nation; both the pelican and the bittern shall lodge in the capitals of its pillar. A voice shall sing at the window; ruin shall be at the doorsill; for He will bare the cedar work.
And they will fall by the mouth of the sword and will be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by nations, until the times of the nations are fulfilled.