The strength of the lion, and the voice of the lioness, and the exulting cry of serpents are quenched.

Arise, O Lord; deliver me, my God; for You have struck all who were my enemies without cause; You have broken the teeth of sinners.

God has crushed their teeth in their mouth; God has broken the teeth of the lions.

[This translation omits this verse.]

Or what man is there among you who, if his son should ask for bread, will give to him a stone?

And which father among you, if his son asks for bread, will he give him a stone? Or [if he asks for] a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?

For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping;

And he took a potsherd to scrape away the discharge, and sat upon a dung heap outside the city.

O daughter of My people, gird yourself with sackcloth; sprinkle [yourself] with ashes; make for yourself pitiable lamentation, [as] the mourning for a beloved [son]; for misery will come suddenly upon you.

And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from off his throne, and took off his robe, and put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes.