19  These two things have happened to you—

who will console you?—

devastation and destruction, famine and sword;

who will comfort you?¹

7  ^eTheir feet run to evil,

and they are swift to shed innocent blood;

their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;

desolation and destruction are in their highways.

18  Violence shall no more be heard in your land,

devastation or destruction within your borders;

you shall call your ^qwalls Salvation,

and your gates Praise.

3  “A voice! A cry from Horonaim,

‘Desolation and great destruction!’