“Surely the great houses will become desolate,^(C)
    the fine mansions left without occupants.

“Until the cities lie ruined^(B)
    and without inhabitant,
until the houses are left deserted^(C)
    and the fields ruined and ravaged,^(D)

¹⁵ Lions^(A) have roared;
    they have growled at him.
They have laid waste^(B) his land;
    his towns are burned^(C) and deserted.^(D)

²⁹ At the sound of horsemen and archers^(A)
    every town takes to flight.^(B)
Some go into the thickets;
    some climb up among the rocks.^(C)
All the towns are deserted;^(D)
    no one lives in them.