Ask among the nations,
who has heard things like these?
Virgin Israel has done a most horrible thing.^(A)

²¹ Set up road markers^(A) for yourself;
establish signposts!
Keep the highway in mind,
the way you have traveled.
Return, Virgin Israel!
Return to these cities of yours.

² She has fallen;
Virgin Israel^(A) will never rise again.^(B)
She lies abandoned on her land
with no one to raise her up.^(C)