1'And the black eleventh waters which thou hast seen: this is the calamity which is now befalling Zion.
2Dost thou think that there is no anguish to the angels in the presence of the Mighty One, That Zion was so delivered up, And that lo! the Gentiles boast in their hearts, And assemble before their idols and say, "She is trodden down who ofttimes trod down, And she has been reduced to servitude who reduced (others)"?
3Dost thou think that in these things the El Elyon (Most High) rejoices, Or that His name is glorified?
4[But how will it serve towards His righteous judgement?]
5Yet after these things shall the dispersed among the Gentiles be taken hold of by tribulation, And in shame shall they dwell in every place.
6Because so far as Zion is delivered up And Jerusalem laid waste, Shall idols prosper in the cities of the Gentiles, And the vapour of the smoke of the incense of the righteousness which is by the law is extinguished in Zion, And in the region of Zion in every place lo! there is the smoke of impiety.