⁶ I was angry^(A) with my people
    and desecrated my inheritance;^(B)
I gave them into your hand,^(C)
    and you showed them no mercy.^(D)
Even on the aged
    you laid a very heavy yoke.

² Without pity^(A) the Lord has swallowed^(B) up
    all the dwellings of Jacob;
in his wrath he has torn down
    the strongholds^(C) of Daughter Judah.
He has brought her kingdom and its princes
    down to the ground^(D) in dishonor.

⁶ He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden;
    he has destroyed^(A) his place of meeting.^(B)
The Lord has made Zion forget
    her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;^(C)
in his fierce anger he has spurned
    both king and priest.^(D)