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Those who were against you ·shouted [roared] in your meeting place
    and ·raised their flags [L set their signs as signs] there.
·They came with axes raised [or They hacked at the upper entrances]
    as if to cut down a forest of trees.
They ·smashed [beat to pieces] the ·carved [engraved] panels
    with their axes and ·hatchets [crowbars].
They ·burned your Temple to the ground [L set your sanctuary/Holy Place on fire];
    they have made the ·place where you live [L residence of your name] ·unclean [profane].

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Your foes roared(A) in the place where you met with us;
    they set up their standards(B) as signs.
They behaved like men wielding axes
    to cut through a thicket of trees.(C)
They smashed all the carved(D) paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.
They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled(E) the dwelling place(F) of your Name.(G)

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