Chapter summary

The speaker, representing Israel, declares that adversaries have frequently persecuted the nation since its youth without ever prevailing against it. The tormentors are graphically compared to plowmen who plowed long furrows across the speaker's back. Because the Lord is righteous, He has severed the cords used by the wicked to bind the afflicted. Consequently, a curse is pronounced that all who hate Zion should be turned back in shame. They are likened to rooftop grass that withers before growing, failing to provide enough yield to fill the hands of a reaper or the arms of a binder. Finally, it is wished that passersby offer no greetings of the Lord's blessing to these enemies.

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