Lamentations 2:4-6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁴ He has strung his bow like an enemy;^(A)
his right hand is positioned like an adversary.
He has killed everyone who was the delight to the eye,^(B)
pouring out his wrath like fire
on the tent of Daughter Zion.

⁵ The Lord is like an enemy;
he has swallowed up Israel.
He swallowed up all its palaces
and destroyed its fortified cities.
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation
within Daughter Judah.^(C)

⁶ He has wrecked his temple^[a]
as if it were merely a shack in a field,^[b]
destroying his place of meeting.^(D)
The Lord has abolished
appointed festivals and Sabbaths in Zion.
He has despised king and priest
in his fierce anger.