² Mourn, inhabitants of the coastland,
you merchants of Sidon;^(A)
your agents have crossed the sea^[a]

¹⁴ Why are we just sitting here?
Gather together; let’s enter the fortified cities
and perish there,^[a]
for the Lord our God has destroyed^[b] us.
He has given us poisoned water to drink,^(A)
because we have sinned against the Lord.^(B)

¹⁰ The elders of Daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence.
They have thrown dust on their heads^(A)
and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.^(B)

² He has driven me away and forced me to walk
in darkness instead of light.^(A)

²⁸ Let him sit alone and be silent,^(A)
for God has disciplined^[a] him.