⁵⁶ But they rebelliously tested the Most High God,
for they did not keep His decrees.^(A)
57 They treacherously turned away like their fathers;
they became warped like a faulty bow.^(B)
58 They enraged Him with their high places
and provoked His jealousy with their carved images.^(C)
59 God heard and became furious;
He completely rejected Israel.^(D)
60 He abandoned the tabernacle at Shiloh,
the tent where He resided among men.^[a](E)
61 He gave up His strength^[b] to captivity
and His splendor to the hand of a foe.^(F)
62 He surrendered His people to the sword
because He was enraged with His heritage.^(G)
63 Fire consumed His chosen young men,
and His young women had no wedding songs.^[c](H)
64 His priests fell by the sword,
but the^[d] widows could not lament.^[e](I)