1. Look how the Lord in his angerhas brought Jerusalem to shame.He has thrown down the greatness of Israelfrom the sky to the earth;he did not remember the Temple, his footstool,on the day of his anger.
2. The Lord swallowed up without mercyall the houses of the people of Jacob;in his anger he pulled downthe strong places of Judah.He threw her kingdom and its rulersdown to the ground in dishonor.
3. In his anger he has removedall the strength of Israel;he took away his power from Israelwhen the enemy came.He burned against the people of Jacob like a flaming firethat burns up everything around it.
4. Like an enemy, he prepared to shoot his bow,and his hand was against us.Like an enemy, he killedall the good-looking people;he poured out his anger like fireon the tents of Jerusalem.
5. The Lord was like an enemy;he swallowed up Israel.He swallowed up all her palacesand destroyed all her strongholds.He has caused more moaning and groaningfor Judah.
6. He cut down his Temple like a garden;he destroyed the meeting place.The Lord has made Jerusalem forgetthe set feasts and Sabbath days.He has rejected the king and the priestin his great anger.
7. The Lord has rejected his altarand abandoned his Temple.He has handed over to the enemythe walls of Jerusalem’s palaces.Their uproar in the Lord’s Templewas like that of a feast day.