Lamentations 2:1-3

New International Reader's Version

2 See how the Lord covered the city of Zion
    with the cloud of his anger!
He threw Israel’s glory down
    from heaven to earth.
When he was angry, he turned his back
    on his own city.

² Without pity the Lord swallowed up
    all the homes of Jacob’s people.
When he was angry, he tore down
    the forts of the people of Judah.
He brought down their kingdom and princes
    to the ground in dishonor.

³ When he was very angry,
    he took away Israel’s power.
He pulled back his powerful right hand
    as the enemy approached.
His burning anger blazed out in Jacob’s land.
    It burned up everything near it.