Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.

The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.

And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.