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They have given the bodies of your servants
    as food to the wild birds.
They have given the bodies of those who worship you
    to the wild animals.
They have spilled blood like water
    all around Jerusalem.
    No one was left to bury the dead.
We are a bad joke to the other nations.
    They laugh and make fun of us.

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They have left the dead bodies of your servants
    as food for the birds of the sky,(A)
    the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.(B)
They have poured out blood like water
    all around Jerusalem,
    and there is no one to bury(C) the dead.(D)
We are objects of contempt to our neighbors,
    of scorn(E) and derision to those around us.(F)

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