17  ⁿThe Lord has done what he purposed;

he has carried out his word,

which he commanded long ago;

he has thrown down without pity;

he has made the enemy ^orejoice over you

and exalted the might of your foes.

21  In the dust of the streets

lie the ^syoung and the old;

my young women and my young men

have fallen by the sword;

you have killed them in the day of your anger,

slaughtering without pity.

43  “You have wrapped yourself with anger and pursued us,

killing without pity;