¹⁴ So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail,
    both palm branch and reed^(A) in a single day;^(B)
15 the elders^(C) and dignitaries^(D) are the head,
    the prophets^(E) who teach lies^(F) are the tail.
¹⁶ Those who guide^(G) this people mislead them,
    and those who are guided are led astray.^(H)
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men,^(I)
    nor will he pity^(J) the fatherless and widows,
for everyone is ungodly^(K) and wicked,^(L)
    every mouth speaks folly.^(M)

Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away,
    his hand is still upraised.^(N)

²¹ Death has climbed in through our windows^(A)
    and has entered our fortresses;
it has removed the children from the streets
    and the young men^(B) from the public squares.

“‘Dead bodies will lie
    like dung^(C) on the open field,
like cut grain behind the reaper,
    with no one to gather them.’”