13. “From on high he sent fire;into my bones he made it descend; he spread a net for my feet;he turned me back; he has left me stunned,faint all the day long.
14. “My transgressions were bound into a yoke;by his hand they were fastened together;they were set upon my neck;he caused my strength to fail;the Lord gave me into the handsof those whom I cannot withstand.
15. “The Lord rejectedall my mighty men in my midst;he summoned an assembly against meto crush my young men; the Lord has trodden as in a winepressthe virgin daughter of Judah.
16. “For these things I weep;my eyes flow with tears;for a comforter is far from me,one to revive my spirit;my children are desolate,for the enemy has prevailed.”
17. Zion stretches out her hands,but there is none to comfort her;the Lord has commanded against Jacobthat his neighbors should be his foes;Jerusalem has becomea filthy thing among them.