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10 Your holy cities are empty like the desert.
    Jerusalem is like a desert;
    Jerusalem is destroyed.
11 Our ancestors worshiped you
    in our holy and wonderful Temple.
But now it has been burned with fire.
    All our precious things have been destroyed.
12 When you see these things, will you hold yourself back from helping us, Lord?
    Will you be silent and punish us beyond what we can stand?

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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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