¹⁰ The enemy has stretched out his hands
    over all her ^(A)precious things;
for she has seen ^(B)the nations
    enter her sanctuary,
those whom you ^(C)forbade
    to enter your congregation.

⁷ Jerusalem remembers
    in the days of her affliction and wandering
^(A)all the precious things
    that were hers from ^(B)days of old.
When her people fell into the hand of the foe,
    and there was none to help her,
her foes gloated over her;
    they ^(C)mocked at her downfall.

⁴ Your foes have ^(A)roared in the midst of your meeting place;
    ^(B)they set up their ^(C)own signs for ^(D)signs.
⁵ They were like those who swing ^(E)axes
    in a forest of trees.^[a]
6 And all its ^(F)carved wood
    they broke down with hatchets and hammers.
⁷ They ^(G)set your sanctuary on fire;
    they ^(H)profaned ^(I)the dwelling place of your name,
    bringing it down to the ground.
⁸ They ^(J)said to themselves, “We will utterly subdue them”;
    they burned all the meeting places of God in the land.