^17 (A)So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or frail; He handed them all over to him.

The Temple Profaned

²⁰ Moreover, they transformed the splendor of His jewels into pride, and ^(A)they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things with it; therefore I will make it an abhorrent thing to them. ²¹ And I will hand it over to the ^(B)foreigners as plunder, and to the wicked of the earth as spoils; and they will profane it. ²² I will also turn My ^(C)face away from them, and they will profane My treasure; then robbers will enter and profane it.