“Until ^(B)cities are devastated and without inhabitant,
Houses are without people
And the land is utterly desolate,

² You who were full of noise,
You boisterous town, you ^(A)exultant city;
Your slain were ^(B)not slain with the sword,
Nor ^[a]did they die in battle.

¹⁰ The ^(A)city of chaos is broken down;
^(B)Every house is shut up so that none may enter.

¹² Desolation is left in the city
And the ^(A)gate is battered to ruins.