^{1 Ref} Sorrow to her who is uncontrolled and unclean, the cruel town!

^{2 Ref} She gave no attention to the voice, she had no use for teaching, she put no faith in the Lord, she did not come near to her God.

^{3 Ref} Her rulers are like loud-voiced lions in her; her judges are wolves of the evening, crushing up the bones before the morning.

^{4 Ref} Her prophets are good-for-nothing persons, full of deceit: her priests have made the holy place unclean and have gone violently against the law.