² You have made the city a heap of rubble,^(A)
    the fortified^(B) town a ruin,^(C)
the foreigners’ stronghold^(D) a city no more;
    it will never be rebuilt.^(E)

¹³ and for the land of my people,
    a land overgrown with thorns and briers^(A)—
yes, mourn^(B) for all houses of merriment
    and for this city of revelry.^(C)