23 “‘Prepare chains!
    For the land is full of bloodshed,(A)
    and the city is full of violence.(B)
24 I will bring the most wicked of nations
    to take possession of their houses.
I will put an end to the pride of the mighty,
    and their sanctuaries(C) will be desecrated.(D)
25 When terror comes,
    they will seek peace in vain.(E)

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23 Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.

24 Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled.

25 Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.

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