1. Woe to you, Babylon, and Asia! woe to you, Egypt, and Syria!
2. Gird up yourselves with sackcloth and garments of hair, and bewail your children, and lament; for your destruction is at hand.
3. A sword is sent upon you, and who is he that may turn it back?
4. A fire is sent upon you, and who is he that may quench it?
5. Evils are sent upon you, and who is he that may drive them away?