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For if He causes grief, Then He will have compassion According to His abundant lovingkindness.

For He does not afflict willingly Or grieve the sons of men.

You have heard my voice, "Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief, From my cry for help."

The tongue of the infant cleaves To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The little ones ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.

For the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown as in a moment, And no hands were turned toward her.

Better are those slain with the sword Than those slain with hunger; For they pine away, being stricken For lack of the fruits of the field.

The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people.

Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save.

They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come.

Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price.

Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us.

The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned!

Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them,

As for the form of their faces, each had the face of a man; all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle.

Now as I looked at the living beings, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living beings, for each of the four of them.

As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were full of eyes round about.

Wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go in that direction. And the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

Whenever those went, these went; and whenever those stood still, these stood still. And whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels.

"As for them, whether they listen or not—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.