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)
They said in their hearts, “We will crush(H) them completely!”
    They burned(I) every place where God was worshiped in the land.

We are given no signs from God;(J)
    no prophets(K) are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.

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