Psalm 78:56-64

Complete Jewish Bible

⁵⁶ Yet they tested El ‘Elyon
and rebelled against him,
refusing to obey his instructions.
⁵⁷ They turned away and were faithless, like their fathers;
they were unreliable, like a bow without tension.
⁵⁸ They provoked him with their high places
and made him jealous with their idols.

⁵⁹ God heard, and he was angry;
he came to detest Isra’el completely.
⁶⁰ He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,
the tent he had made where he could live among people.
⁶¹ He gave his strength into exile,
his pride to the power of the foe.
⁶² He gave his people over to the sword
and grew angry with his own heritage.
⁶³ Fire consumed their young men,
their virgins had no wedding-song,
⁶⁴ their cohanim fell by the sword,
and their widows could not weep.