She shall be brought unto the king in robes of needlework: the virgins, her companions that follow her, shall be brought unto you.

God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.

Kings of armies did flee in haste: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

Why should the nations say, Where is their God? let him be known among the nations in our sight by the revenging of the blood of your servants which is shed.

Yea, the sparrow has found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even your 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 unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood.