“Let the violence done to me and my flesh be upon Baḇ
And Sarai said to Aḇ
“Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, I now arise,” says יהוה, “I set in safety – he pants for it.”
For He remembers the seekers of bloodshed, He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
“And Chaldea shall become plunder, all who plunder her shall satisfy themselves,” declares יהוה.
“Summon archers against Baḇ
“And I shall repay Baḇ
“Let all their evil come before You, And do to them as You have done to me For all my transgressions. For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.”
“For the violence done to Leḇ
“And I am very wroth with the nations who are at ease, for when I was a little wroth, they furthered the evil!”
“For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged. And with the same measure you use, it shall be measured to you.
For the judgment is without compassion to the one who has shown no compassion. And compassion boasts over judgment.
“Because they have shed the blood of set-apart ones and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. For they deserve it.”
“Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you set-apart emissaries and prophets, for Elohim has completely avenged you on her!”
“Render to her as she indeed did render, and repay her double according to her works. In the cup which she has mixed, mix for her double.
and they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Master, set-apart and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
“But if not, let fire come out from Aḇ
in order that the violence done to the seventy sons of Yerubbaʽ
