16. I stretched out the heavensand laid the earth's foundations;I say to Jerusalem, ‘You are my people!I have given you my teaching,and I protect you with my hand.’ ”
17. Jerusalem, wake up!Rouse yourself and get up!You have drunk the cup of punishmentthat the Lord in his anger gave you to drink;you drank it down, and it made you stagger.
18. There is no one to lead you,no one among your peopleto take you by the hand.
19. A double disaster has fallen on you:your land has been devastated by war,and your people have starved.There is no one to show you sympathy.
20. At the corner of every streetyour people collapse from weakness;they are like deer caught in a hunter's net.They have felt the force of God's anger.
21. You suffering people of Jerusalem,you that stagger as though you were drunk,