²¹ Surely such is the dwelling^(A) of an evil man;^(B)
    such is the place^(C) of one who does not know God.”^(D)

⁶ Pour out your wrath^(A) on the nations
    that do not acknowledge^(B) you,
on the kingdoms
    that do not call on your name;^(C)

⁷ for they have devoured^(A) Jacob
    and devastated his homeland.

¹⁶ The snorting of the enemy’s horses^(A)
    is heard from Dan;^(B)
at the neighing of their stallions
    the whole land trembles.^(C)
They have come to devour^(D)
    the land and everything in it,
    the city and all who live there.

⁷ Whoever found them devoured^(A) them;
    their enemies said, ‘We are not guilty,^(B)
for they sinned against the Lord, their verdant pasture,
    the Lord, the hope^(C) of their ancestors.’

¹⁷ “Israel is a scattered flock^(A)
    that lions^(B) have chased away.
The first to devour^(C) them
    was the king^(D) of Assyria;
the last to crush their bones^(E)
    was Nebuchadnezzar^(F) king^(G) of Babylon.”