"My brothershave acteddeceitfullylikea wadi,Like the torrentsof wadiswhich vanish,
"For you would forget[your] trouble,As watersthat have passedby, you would remember[it].
"But you smearwith lies;You are allworthlessphysicians.
"[As] waterevaporatesfrom the sea,And a riverbecomesparchedand driedup,
"He has removedmy brothersfarfrom me, And my acquaintancesare completelyestrangedfrom me.
"Allmy associatesabhorme, And thoseI lovehave turnedagainst me.
Which are turbidbecauseof ice[And] into which the snowmelts.
My lovedones and my friendsstandalooffrom my plague;And my kinsmenstandafaroff.
Evenmy closefriendin whomI trusted,Who atemy bread,Has liftedup his heelagainstme.
You have removedloverand friendfarfrom me; My acquaintancesare [in] darkness.
[Like] a badtoothand an unsteadyfootIs confidencein a faithlessman in timeof trouble.
"For evenyour brothersand the householdof your father,Eventhey have dealttreacherouslywith you, Eventhey have criedaloudafteryou. Do not believethem, althoughthey may saynicethingsto you."
Whyhas my painbeenperpetualAnd my woundincurable,refusingto be healed?Will You indeedbe to me likea deceptive[stream] With waterthat is unreliable?
Allyour lovershave forgottenyou, They do not seekyou; For I have woundedyou with the woundof an enemy,With the punishmentof a cruelone,Becauseyour iniquityis great[And] your sinsare numerous.
Then behold,allof the womenwhohave been leftin the palaceof the kingof Judahare going to be broughtout to the officersof the kingof Babylon;and thosewomenwill say,"Your closefriendsHave misledand overpoweredyou; While your feetwere sunkin the mire,They turnedback."
"I do not speakof allof you. I knowthe onesI have chosen;but [it is] that the Scripturemay be fulfilled,HE WHO EATSMY BREADHAS LIFTEDUP HIS HEELAGAINSTME.'
"Behold,an houris coming,and has [already] come,for you to be scattered,eachto his own[home], and to leaveMe alone;and [yet] I amnot alone,becausethe Fatheris with Me.
These are the menwho are hidden reefsin your love feastswhen they feastwith you without fear,caringfor themselves;cloudswithout water,carried alongby winds;autumntreeswithout fruit,doublydead,uprooted;
