1  How the Lord in his anger

has set the daughter of Zion ^junder a cloud!

^kHe has cast down from heaven to earth

the splendor of Israel;

he has not remembered ^lhis footstool

in the day of his anger.

2  The Lord ^mhas swallowed up ⁿwithout mercy

all the habitations of Jacob;

in his wrath ^ohe has broken down

the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;

he has brought ^pdown to the ground ^pin dishonor

the kingdom ^qand its rulers.

3  He has cut down in ^rfierce anger

all ^sthe might of Israel;

^the has withdrawn from them his right hand

in the face of the enemy;

^uhe has burned like a flaming fire in Jacob,

consuming all around.

4  ^vHe has bent his bow like an enemy,

with his right hand set ^wlike a foe;

and he has killed all who were delightful in our eyes

in the tent of the daughter of Zion;

he has poured out his fury like fire.

5  ^wThe Lord has become like an enemy;

^xhe has swallowed up Israel;

^yhe has swallowed up all its palaces;

he has laid in ruins its strongholds,

and he has multiplied in the daughter of Judah

^zmourning and lamentation.