18. Among all the children she borethere was none to guide her;among all the children she brought upthere was none to take her by the hand.
19. These double calamities have come upon you –who can comfort you? –ruin and destruction, famine and sword –who can console you?
20. Your children have fainted;they lie at every street corner,like antelope caught in a net.They are filled with the wrath of the Lord,with the rebuke of your God.
21. Therefore hear this, you afflicted one,made drunk, but not with wine.
22. This is what your Sovereign Lord says,your God, who defends his people:‘See, I have taken out of your handthe cup that made you stagger;from that cup, the goblet of my wrath,you will never drink again.
23. I will put it into the hands of your tormentors,who said to you,“Fall prostrate that we may walk on you.”And you made your back like the ground,like a street to be walked on.’