17  ^vGrieve for him, all you who are around him,

and all who know his name;

say, ^w‘How the mighty scepter is broken,

the glorious staff.’

14  ⁿAnd fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots,

has consumed its fruit,

^oso that there remains in it no strong stem,

no scepter for ruling.

6  ^fYour throne, O God, is forever and ever.

The ^gscepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;