7. Your land is ruined.Your cities have been burned with fire.While you watch,your enemies are stealing everything from your land.Your land is ruined like a country destroyed by enemies.
8. Jerusalem is left alonelike an empty shelter in a vineyard.It is like a hut left in a field of melons.It is like a city surrounded by enemies.
9. The Lord of heaven’s armiesallowed a few of our people to live.Otherwise we would have been completely destroyedlike the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.