"On the daythat you stoodaloof,On the daythat strangerscarriedoffhis wealth,And foreignersenteredhis gateAnd castlotsfor Jerusalem--You toowere as oneof them.
Then the restof the peoplewho were leftin the cityand the deserterswhohad desertedto the kingof Babylonand the restof the people,Nebuzaradanthe captainof the guardcarriedawayinto exile.
Remember,O LORD,against the sonsof EdomThe dayof Jerusalem,Who said,"Razeit, razeit To its very foundation."
"Whenyou seea thief,you are pleasedwith him, And you associatewith adulterers.
For they have conspiredtogetherwith one mind;AgainstYou they makea covenant:
The tentsof Edomand the Ishmaelites,Moaband the Hagrites;
"Becauseyou have said,'These twonationsand these twolandswill be mine, and we will possessthem,' although the LORDwas there,
"They have also castlotsfor My people,Tradeda boyfor a harlotAnd solda girlfor winethat they may drink.
Thussaysthe LORD,"For threetransgressionsof Gazaand for fourI will not revokeits [punishment], Becausethey deportedan entirepopulationTo deliver[it] up to Edom.
Thussaysthe LORD,"For threetransgressionsof Tyreand for fourI will not revokeits [punishment], Becausethey deliveredup an entirepopulationto EdomAnd did not remember[the] covenantof brotherhood.
Yetshe became an exile,She wentinto captivity;Alsoher small childrenwere dashedto piecesAt the headof everystreet;They castlotsfor her honorablemen, And allher greatmenwere boundwith fetters.
Thisthey will have in returnfor their pride,becausethey have tauntedand becomearrogantagainstthe peopleof the LORDof hosts.
