3
I am a strong city, a city in a siege: in vain shall I water it; for it shall be taken by night, and by day the wall shall fall.
4
There is no woman that has not taken hold of it; who will set me to watch stubble in the field? because of this enemy I have set her aside; therefore on this account the Lord has done all that he appointed.
5
I am burnt up; they that dwell in her shall cry, Let us make peace with him, let us make peace,
6
they that are coming are the children of Jacob. Israel shall bud and blossom, and the world shall be filled with his fruit.
7
Shall he himself be thus smitten, even as he smote? and as he slew, shall he be thus slain?
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.