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19 They burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious vessels.(A)

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Direct your steps to the perpetual ruins;
    the enemy has destroyed everything in the sanctuary.(A)

Your foes have roared within your holy place;
    they set up their emblems there.(B)
At the upper entrance they hacked
    the wooden trellis with axes.[a](C)
And then, with hatchets and hammers,
    they smashed all its carved work.
They set your sanctuary on fire;
    they desecrated the dwelling place of your name,
    bringing it to the ground.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 74.5 Cn Compare Gk Syr: Meaning of Heb uncertain

So I will send a fire on Judah,
    and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem.(A)

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