² you town so full of commotion,
    you city of tumult^(A) and revelry?^(B)
Your slain^(C) were not killed by the sword,^(D)
    nor did they die in battle.

¹³ But see, there is joy and revelry,^(A)
    slaughtering of cattle and killing of sheep,
    eating of meat and drinking of wine!^(B)
“Let us eat and drink,” you say,
    “for tomorrow we die!”^(C)

⁷ Is this your city of revelry,^(A)
    the old, old city,
whose feet have taken her
    to settle in far-off lands?

⁸ The joyful timbrels^(A) are stilled,
    the noise^(B) of the revelers^(C) has stopped,
    the joyful harp^(D) is silent.^(E)