⁵ Her adversaries ^(A)have become ^[a]the master,
Her enemies prosper;
For the Lord has afflicted her
^(B)Because of the multitude of her transgressions.
Her ^(C)children have gone into captivity before the enemy.

² The Lord has swallowed up and has ^(A)not pitied
All the dwelling places of Jacob.
He has thrown down in His wrath
The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He has brought them down to the ground;
^(B)He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.