She shall be led to the king in broidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to thee.

God is in the midst of her. She shall not be moved. God will help her, and that right early.

Kings of armies fled quickly, and she who remained at home divided the spoil.

They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.

Why should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed be known among the nations in our sight.

Yea, the sparrow has found her a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.

and shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. And the land was polluted with blood.