2. Remember that we are the people you chose long ago,the tribe you redeemed as your own special possession!And remember Jerusalem, your home here on earth.
3. Walk through the awful ruins of the city;see how the enemy has destroyed your sanctuary.
4. There your enemies shouted their victorious battle cries;there they set up their battle standards.
5. They swung their axeslike woodcutters in a forest.
6. With axes and picks,they smashed the carved paneling.
7. They burned your sanctuary to the ground.They defiled the place that bears your name.
8. Then they thought, “Let’s destroy everything!”So they burned down all the places where God was worshiped.