She shall be brought to the king in raiment of needle-work: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought to thee.

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

Kings of armies fled apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.

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

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

She sent out her boughs to the sea, and her branches to the river.

Yes, the sparrow hath found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thy 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.