16. Give glory to Adonai your God, before it grows dark, and before your feet stumble on mountains at dusk. When you look for light, He turns it into the shadow of death, and turns it into deep darkness.
17. But if you will not listen, my soul will sob in secret before such pride, and my eyes will weep bitterly and overflow with tears, for Adonai’s flock will be taken captive.
18. Say to the king and the queen mother: “Sit down low, for your glorious crown has fallen from your head.”
19. The towns of the South will be shut up, with no one to open them. All Judah is taken into exile— utterly swept into exile.