¹⁷ the man who made the world a wilderness,^(A)
    who overthrew^(B) its cities
    and would not let his captives go home?”^(C)

¹⁸ All the kings of the nations lie in state,
    each in his own tomb.^(D)
19 But you are cast out^(E) of your tomb
    like a rejected branch;
you are covered with the slain,^(F)
    with those pierced by the sword,^(G)
    those who descend to the stones of the pit.^(H)
Like a corpse trampled underfoot,