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10 Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

11 Our holy and our beautiful house, [the temple] where our fathers praised You, is burned with fire, and all our pleasant and desirable places are in ruins.

12 Considering these [calamities], will You restrain Yourself, O Lord [and not come to our aid]? Will You keep silent and not command our deliverance but humble and afflict us exceedingly?

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10 Your sacred cities(A) have become a wasteland;
    even Zion is a wasteland, Jerusalem a desolation.(B)
11 Our holy and glorious temple,(C) where our ancestors praised you,
    has been burned with fire,
    and all that we treasured(D) lies in ruins.
12 After all this, Lord, will you hold yourself back?(E)
    Will you keep silent(F) and punish us beyond measure?

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