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Jerusalem is left alone
    like an empty shelter in a vineyard.
It is like a hut left in a field of melons.
    It is like a city surrounded by enemies.
The Lord of heaven’s armies
    allowed a few of our people to live.
    Otherwise we would have been completely destroyed
    like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.

10 Jerusalem, your rulers are like those of Sodom.
    Your people are like those of Gomorrah.
Hear the word of the Lord.
    Listen to the teachings of our God!

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Daughter Zion(A) is left(B)
    like a shelter in a vineyard,
like a hut(C) in a cucumber field,
    like a city under siege.
Unless the Lord Almighty
    had left us some survivors,(D)
we would have become like Sodom,
    we would have been like Gomorrah.(E)

10 Hear the word of the Lord,(F)
    you rulers of Sodom;(G)
listen to the instruction(H) of our God,
    you people of Gomorrah!(I)

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