How we cite our quotes: (Chapter:Verse)
Quote #10
The punishment of your iniquity, O daughter Zion, is accomplished, he will keep you in exile no longer. (NRSV 4:22)
The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity. (KJV 4:22)
A glimmer of hope? The Poet seems to think that the inhabitants of the city have gone through enough. They've been kicked out of town, but they'll be back soon. God will see to that. Spoiler alert: he did!
Quote #11
Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our homes to aliens. We have become orphans, fatherless; our mothers are like widows. We must pay for the water we drink; the wood we get must be bought. With a yoke on our necks we are hard driven; we are weary, we are given no rest. We have made a pact with Egypt and Assyria, to get enough bread. (NRSV 5:2-6)
Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. (KJV 5:2-6)
In those times, when a city was captured, it was typical for the conquerors to exile the locals and move their own citizens into the area. The locals lost the rights to their own property and now have to purchase what they formerly supplied for themselves. Pretty humiliating for a formerly rich and independent kingdom.