²⁶ Their people, drained of power,^(A)
    are dismayed^(B) and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field,
    like tender green shoots,^(C)
like grass sprouting on the roof,
    scorched^(D) before it grows up.

³ At this my body is racked with pain,^(A)
    pangs seize me, like those of a woman in labor;^(B)
I am staggered by what I hear,
    I am bewildered^(C) by what I see.

⁵ What do I see?
    They are terrified,
they are retreating,
    their warriors are defeated.
They flee^(A) in haste
    without looking back,
    and there is terror^(B) on every side,”
declares the Lord.