^18 (A)Let those be put to shame who persecute me,
    but let me not be put to shame;
^(B)let them be dismayed,
    but let me not be dismayed;
^(C)bring upon them the day of disaster;
    destroy them with double destruction!

^2 (A)Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,
    and cry to her
that ^(B)her warfare^[a] is ended,
    that her iniquity is pardoned,
that she has received from the Lord's hand
    double for all her sins.