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10 Your holy cities are a wilderness;
    Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
11 Our holy and beautiful house where our fathers praised You
    is burned up with fire;
    and all our precious things are laid waste.
12 Will You refrain Yourself from these things, O Lord?
    Will You hold Your peace and afflict us beyond measure?

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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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