16. They open their mouths against you,all your enemies;They hiss and gnash their teeth,saying, “We have devoured her!How we have waited for this day—we have lived to see it!”
17. The Lord has done what he planned.He has fulfilled the threatDecreed from days of old,destroying without pity!He let the enemy gloat over youand exalted the horn of your foes.
18. Cry out to the Lord from your heart,wall of daughter Zion!Let your tears flow like a torrentday and night;Give yourself no rest,no relief for your eyes.
19. Rise up! Wail in the night,at the start of every watch;Pour out your heart like waterbefore the Lord;Lift up your hands to himfor the lives of your children,Who collapse from hungerat the corner of every street.