Lamentations 2:4-6

Contemporary English Version

⁴He attacked like an enemy
with a bow and arrows,
killing our loved ones.
He has burned to the ground
the homes on Mount Zion.^[a]

⁵The Lord was like an enemy!
    He left Israel in ruins
with its palaces
    and fortresses destroyed,
and with everyone in Judah
    moaning and weeping.
⁶He shattered his temple
    like a hut in a garden;^[b]
he completely wiped out
    his meeting place,
and did away with festivals
and Sabbaths
    in the city of Zion.
In his fierce anger he rejected
    our king and priests.

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Footnotes

2.4 the homes on Mount Zion: Or “the temple on Mount Zion.”
2.6 He … garden: Or “He shattered the temple walls, as if they were the walls of a garden.”