He has bent His (A)bow like an enemy;
His right hand is positioned like an adversary,
And He has killed everything that was (B)pleasant to the eye.
In the tent of the daughter of Zion
He has (C)poured out His wrath like fire.
The Lord has become like an (D)enemy.
He has (E)engulfed Israel;
He has engulfed all its (F)palaces,
He has destroyed its strongholds
And (G)caused great mourning and grieving in the daughter of Judah.

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Like an enemy he has strung his bow;(A)
    his right hand is ready.
Like a foe he has slain
    all who were pleasing to the eye;(B)
he has poured out his wrath(C) like fire(D)
    on the tent(E) of Daughter Zion.

The Lord is like an enemy;(F)
    he has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces
    and destroyed her strongholds.(G)
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation(H)
    for Daughter Judah.(I)

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