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He attacked like an enemy
with a bow and arrows,
    killing our loved ones.
He has burned to the ground
    the homes on Mount Zion.[a]

The Lord was like an enemy!
    He left Israel in ruins
with its palaces
    and fortresses destroyed,
and with everyone in Judah
    moaning and weeping.
He shattered his temple
    like a hut in a garden;[b]
he completely wiped out
    his meeting place,
and did away with festivals
and Sabbaths
    in the city of Zion.
In his fierce anger he rejected
    our king and priests.

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Footnotes

  1. 2.4 the homes on Mount Zion: Or “the temple on Mount Zion.”
  2. 2.6 He … garden: Or “He shattered the temple walls, as if they were the walls of a garden.”

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