¹⁷ A thousand will flee
    at the threat of one;
at the threat of five^(A)
    you will all flee^(B) away,
till you are left^(C)
    like a flagstaff on a mountaintop,
    like a banner^(D) on a hill.”

²¹ Then you will say in your heart,
    ‘Who bore me these?^(A)
I was bereaved^(B) and barren;
    I was exiled and rejected.^(C)
    Who brought these^(D) up?
I was left^(E) all alone,^(F)
    but these—where have they come from?’”