<p class="poetry">Give them, O <sc>Lordsc> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">what will you give them?p> <p class="poetry">Give them wombs that miscarry,p> <p class="poetry">and breasts that cannot nurse!<n id="1" />p>

<p class="poetry">For I will rouse into action and bring against Babylonp> <p class="poetry">a host of mighty nations<n id="1" /> from the land of the north.p> <p class="poetry">They will set up their battle lines against her.p> <p class="poetry">They will come from the north and capture her.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">Their arrows will be like a skilled soldier<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">who does not return from the battle empty-handed.<n id="4" />p>