¹⁷ Yahweh has done that which he planned.
    He has fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old.
He has thrown down,
    and has not pitied.
He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you.
    He has exalted the horn of your adversaries.

¹⁸ Their heart cried to the Lord.
    O wall of the daughter of Zion,
    let tears run down like a river day and night.
Give yourself no relief.
    Don’t let your eyes rest.

¹⁹ Arise, cry out in the night,
    at the beginning of the watches!
Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord.
    Lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children,
    who faint for hunger at the head of every street.