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?
6. May one drive away a hungry lion in the wood? or may one quench the fire in stubble, when it has once begun to burn?
7. May one turn again the arrow that is shot of a strong archer?