⁸ So put on sackcloth,^(A)
    lament^(B) and wail,
for the fierce anger^(C) of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.

²⁶ I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;^(A)
    all its towns lay in ruins^(B)
    before the Lord, before his fierce anger.^(C)

³⁷ The peaceful meadows will be laid waste
    because of the fierce anger of the Lord.
³⁸ Like a lion^(A) he will leave his lair,
    and their land will become desolate^(B)
because of the sword^[a] of the oppressor^(C)
    and because of the Lord’s fierce anger.^(D)

²⁴ The fierce anger^(A) of the Lord will not turn back^(B)
    until he fully accomplishes
    the purposes of his heart.
In days to come
    you will understand^(C) this.

³⁷ I will shatter Elam before their foes,
    before those who want to kill them;
I will bring disaster on them,
    even my fierce anger,”^(A)
declares the Lord.
“I will pursue them with the sword^(B)
    until I have made an end of them.

⁴⁵ “Come out^(A) of her, my people!
    Run^(B) for your lives!
    Run from the fierce anger^(C) of the Lord.

¹² “Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by?^(A)
    Look around and see.
Is any suffering like my suffering^(B)
    that was inflicted on me,
that the Lord brought on me
    in the day of his fierce anger?^(C)

¹¹ The Lord has given full vent to his wrath;^(A)
    he has poured out^(B) his fierce anger.^(C)
He kindled a fire^(D) in Zion
    that consumed her foundations.^(E)