⁵ It was like men in a thicket of trees,
wielding axes,^(A)
6 then smashing all the carvings
with hatchets and picks.^(B)
7 They set your sanctuary on fire;
they utterly^[a] desecrated
the dwelling place of your name.^(C)

¹⁸ Your holy people had a possession^[a]
for a little while,
but our enemies have trampled down
your sanctuary.^(A)