For her woundis incurable,For it has cometo Judah;It has reachedthe gateof my people,[Even] to Jerusalem.
And her gateswill lamentand mourn,And desertedshe will siton the ground.
Now in the fourteenthyearof KingHezekiah,Sennacheribkingof Assyriacameup againstallthe fortifiedcitiesof Judahand seizedthem.
And the kingof AssyriasentRabshakehfrom Lachishto Jerusalemto KingHezekiahwith a largearmy.And he stoodby the conduitof the upperpoolon the highwayof the fuller'sfield.
Whyhas my painbeenperpetualAnd my woundincurable,refusingto be healed?Will You indeedbe to me likea deceptive[stream] With waterthat is unreliable?
Goup to Gileadand obtainbalm,O virgindaughterof Egypt!In vainhave you multipliedremedies;Thereis nohealingfor you.
For the inhabitantof MarothBecomesweakwaitingfor good,Becausea calamityhas comedownfrom the LORDTo the gateof Jerusalem.
"So alsoI will make[you] sick,strikingyou down,Desolating[you] becauseof your sins.
Thereis norelieffor your breakdown,Your woundis incurable.Allwho hearaboutyou Will clap[their] handsoveryou, For on whomhas not your evilpassedcontinually?
