’Tis one with eyes that see not,
With ears that will not hear.
Yet hearken now, King Zedekiah!
[Zedekiah releases Jeremiah, and regards him with amazement and terror. Jeremiah raises his hands in denunciation, and continues]
Thee
Shall they seize,
The servants of Ashur,
Seize thee in God’s temple which thou hast destroyed.
They tear thee away from the horns of the altar,
To which thy hands cleave in the vain hope of help.