¹⁷ Therefore the Lord does ^(A)not take pleasure in their young men,
^(B)Nor does He have pity on their ^[a]orphans or their widows;
For every one of them is ^(C)godless and an ^(D)evildoer,
And every ^(E)mouth is speaking foolishness.
^(F)In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away
And His hand is still stretched out.

⁶ I send it against a ^(A)godless nation
And commission it against the ^(B)people of My fury
To capture booty and ^(C)to seize plunder,
And to ^[a]trample them down like ^(D)mud in the streets.