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10 Your holy cities have become a desert;
    Zion has become a wilderness,
    Jerusalem a desolate waste.
11 Our holy and glorious temple
    in which our ancestors praised you
has been burned to the ground,
    and all that we treasured lies in ruins.
12 After all this, will you restrain yourself, O Lord?
    Will you remain silent
    and punish us beyond our endurance?

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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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