^{2 Ref} The comely and delicate one, the daughter of Zion, will I cut off.

^{3 Ref} Shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

^{4 Ref} Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day declineth, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out.

^{5 Ref} Arise, and let us go up by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

^{6 Ref} For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.