"Your beauty,O Israel,is slainon your highplaces!Howhave the mightyfallen!
"Sauland Jonathan,belovedand pleasantin their life,And in their deaththey were not parted;They were swifterthaneagles,They were strongerthanlions.
"Howhave the mightyfallenin the midstof the battle!Jonathanis slainon your highplaces.
"Howhave the mightyfallen,And the weaponsof warperished!"
In that daythe Branchof the LORDwill be beautifuland glorious,and the fruitof the earth[will be] the prideand the adornmentof the survivorsof Israel.
For He grewup beforeHim like a tendershoot,And like a rootout of parchedground;He has no[stately] formor majestyThat we should lookupon Him, Norappearancethat we should be attractedto Him.
Howthe Lordhas coveredthe daughterof ZionWith a cloudin His anger!He has castfrom heavento earthThe gloryof Israel,And has not rememberedHis footstoolIn the dayof His anger.
The crownhas fallenfrom our head;Woeto us, for we have sinned!
I tookmy staffFavorand cutit in pieces,to breakmy covenantwhichI had madewith allthe peoples.
So I pasturedthe flock[doomed] to slaughter,hencethe afflictedof the flock.And I tookfor myself twostaffs:the oneI calledFavorand the otherI calledUnion;so I pasturedthe flock.
It cameabout on the nextdaywhen the Philistinescameto stripthe slain,that they foundSauland his threesonsfallenon MountGilboa.
