8. Their widows will increase before Memore than the sand of the seas;I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man,a destroyer at noonday;I will suddenly bring down on hersorrow and terrors.
9. She who has borne seven sons languishes;she has given up the spirit;her sun has gone down while it was yet day;she has been ashamed and humiliated.And the rest of them I will deliver to the swordbefore their enemies,says the Lord.
10. Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne meas a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth!I have not lent with usury, nor have men lent to me on usury,yet every one of them curses me!
11. The Lord said: Truly I will set you free for good purposes.Truly I will cause the enemy to entreat youin the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
12. Can anyone break the northern ironor the bronze?
13. Your wealth and your treasuresI will give to the destroyer without price,and that for all your sins,even within all your borders.
14. I will make you to pass with your enemiesinto a land which you do not know;for a fire is kindled in My anger,which shall burn upon you.
15. O Lord, You who know, remember me,and take notice of me,and take vengeance on my persecutors.Because of your longsuffering, do not take me away.Know that for Your sake I have suffered rebuke.