3They have poured out the blood of Jerusalem's people like water all through the city; no one remains to bury the dead.
4We have been made a mockery before our neighbors, ridiculed and laughed at by those around us.
5How long, Lord? Will you be angry with us forever? Will your jealousy always burn like fire?
6Pour out your anger on the heathen nations that don't know you, and on those kingdoms that don't worship you!
7For they have destroyed the descendants of Jacob, and turned our country into a wasteland.
8Don't hold the sins of our forefathers against us! Come to us quickly for we desperately need your compassion.