⁷ for they have devoured^(A) Jacob
    and devastated his homeland.

³⁴ “Nebuchadnezzar^(A) king of Babylon has devoured^(B) us,^(C)
    he has thrown us into confusion,
    he has made us an empty jar.
Like a serpent he has swallowed us
    and filled his stomach with our delicacies,
    and then has spewed^(D) us out.
³⁵ May the violence^(E) done to our flesh^[a] be on Babylon,”
    say the inhabitants of Zion.
“May our blood be on those who live in Babylonia,”
    says Jerusalem.^(F)

⁷ Whoever found them devoured^(A) them;
    their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,^(B)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
    the Lord, the hope^(C) of their ancestors.’

¹⁰ Your sacred cities^(A) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.^(B)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,^(C) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured^(D) lies in ruins.

⁴ The earth dries up^(J) and withers,^(K)
    the world languishes and withers,
    the heavens^(L) languish with the earth.^(M)
5 The earth is defiled^(N) by its people;
    they have disobeyed^(O) the laws,
violated the statutes
    and broken the everlasting covenant.^(P)
6 Therefore a curse^(Q) consumes the earth;
    its people must bear their guilt.
Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up,^(R)
    and very few are left.
⁷ The new wine dries up^(S) and the vine withers;^(T)
    all the merrymakers groan.^(U)
8 The joyful timbrels^(V) are stilled,
    the noise^(W) of the revelers^(X) has stopped,
    the joyful harp^(Y) is silent.^(Z)
9 No longer do they drink wine^(AA) with a song;
    the beer is bitter^(AB) to its drinkers.
¹⁰ The ruined city^(AC) lies desolate;^(AD)
    the entrance to every house is barred.
¹¹ In the streets they cry out^(AE) for wine;^(AF)
    all joy turns to gloom,^(AG)
    all joyful sounds are banished from the earth.
¹² The city is left in ruins,^(AH)
    its gate^(AI) is battered to pieces.

¹³ Boars from the forest ravage^(A) it,
    and insects from the fields feed on it.

Yet for all this, his anger^(D) is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.^(E)