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“Who will take pity on you, Yerushalayim?
Who will grieve for you?
Who will turn aside
to ask about your welfare?
You have rejected me,” says Adonai.
“You are heading backward.
So I am stretching out my hand against you;
tired of sparing you, I am destroying you.
With a winnowing fork I am scattering them
to the wind at the gates of the land;
I am bereaving them, destroying my people,
because they will not return from their ways.

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“Who will have pity(A) on you, Jerusalem?
    Who will mourn for you?
    Who will stop to ask how you are?
You have rejected(B) me,” declares the Lord.
    “You keep on backsliding.
So I will reach out(C) and destroy you;
    I am tired of holding back.(D)
I will winnow(E) them with a winnowing fork
    at the city gates of the land.
I will bring bereavement(F) and destruction on my people,(G)
    for they have not changed their ways.(H)

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