^17 (A)Terror and the pit and the snare^[a]
    are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
^18 (B)He who flees at the sound of the terror
    shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
    shall be caught in the snare.
For ^(C)the windows of heaven are opened,
    and ^(D)the foundations of the earth tremble.

² The Lord ^(D)has swallowed up ^(E)without mercy
    all the habitations of Jacob;
in his wrath ^(F)he has broken down
    the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
he has brought ^(G)down to the ground ^(H)in dishonor
    the kingdom ^(I)and its rulers.

³ He has cut down in ^(J)fierce anger
    all ^(K)the might of Israel;
^(L)he has withdrawn from them his right hand
    in the face of the enemy;
^(M)he has burned like a flaming fire in Jacob,
    consuming all around.

^4 (N)He has bent his bow like an enemy,
    with his right hand set ^(O)like a foe;
and he has killed all who were delightful in our eyes
    in the tent of the daughter of Zion;
he has poured out his fury like fire.

^5 (P)The Lord has become like an enemy;
    ^(Q)he has swallowed up Israel;
^(R)he has swallowed up all its palaces;
    he has laid in ruins its strongholds,
and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah
    ^(S)mourning and lamentation.

⁶ He has laid waste his booth like a garden,
    laid in ruins ^(T)his meeting place;
^(U)the Lord has made Zion forget
    festival and ^(V)Sabbath,
and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.

^7 (W)The Lord has scorned his altar,
    ^(X)disowned his sanctuary;
^(Y)he has delivered into the hand of the enemy
    the walls of her palaces;
^(Z)they raised a clamor in the house of the Lord
    as on the day of festival.

^8 (AA)The Lord determined to lay in ruins
    ^(AB)the wall of the daughter of Zion;
^(AC)he stretched out the measuring line;
    he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
^(AD)he caused rampart and wall to lament;
    ^(AE)they languished together.

⁹ Her gates have sunk into the ground;
    ^(AF)he has ruined ^(AG)and broken her bars;
^(AH)her king and princes are among the nations;
    the law is no more,
and ^(AI)her prophets find
    no vision from the Lord.

¹³ “From on high he ^(A)sent fire;
    into my bones^[a] he made it descend;
^(B)he spread a net for my feet;
    he turned me back;
^(C)he has left me stunned,
    faint all the day long.

⁴ The roads to Zion mourn,
    for none come to ^(A)the festival;
^(B)all her gates are desolate;
    her priests ^(C)groan;
her virgins have been afflicted,^[a]
    and she herself suffers bitterly.