"How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in His anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not His footstool in the day of His anger! The Lord hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: He hath thrown down in His wrath the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He hath brought them down to the ground: He hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. He hath cut off in His fierce anger all the horn of Israel: He hath drawn back His right hand from before the enemy, and He burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about. He hath bent His bow like an enemy: He stood with His right hand as an adversary, and slew all 463 that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: He poured out His fury like fire."

"Hvor har dog Herren i vrede lagt mulm over Zion, slængt Israels herlighed ned fra himmel til jord og glemt sine fødders skammel på sin vredes dag. Herren har skånselsløst opslugt hver bolig i Jakob, han nedbrød i vrede Judas datters borge, slog dem til jorden, skændede rige og fyrster, afhugged i glødende vrede hvert horn i Israel; sin højre drog han tilbage for fjendens åsyn og brændte i Jakob som en lue, der åd overalt. På fjendevis spændte han buen, stod som en uven; han dræbte al øjnenes lyst i Zions datters telt, udgød sin vrede som ild."