²⁵ We are brought down to the dust;^(A)
    our bodies cling to the ground.

⁵ Those who once ate delicacies
    are destitute in the streets.
Those brought up in royal purple^(A)
    now lie on ash heaps.^(B)

²³ I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,^(A)
    who said to you,
    ‘Fall prostrate^(B) that we may walk^(C) on you.’
And you made your back like the ground,
    like a street to be walked on.”^(D)

¹¹ You brought us into prison^(A)
    and laid burdens^(B) on our backs.
¹² You let people ride over our heads;^(C)
    we went through fire and water,
    but you brought us to a place of abundance.^(D)