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He cut down his Temple like a garden;
    he destroyed the meeting place.
The Lord has made Jerusalem forget
    the set feasts and Sabbath days.
He has rejected the king and the priest
    in his great anger.

The Lord has rejected his altar
    and abandoned his Temple.
He has handed over to the enemy
    the walls of Jerusalem’s palaces.
Their uproar in the Lord’s Temple
    was like that of a feast day.

The Lord planned to destroy
    the wall around Jerusalem.
He measured the wall
    and did not stop himself from destroying it.
He made the walls and defenses sad;
    together they have fallen.

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He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden;
    he has destroyed(A) his place of meeting.(B)
The Lord has made Zion forget
    her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;(C)
in his fierce anger he has spurned
    both king and priest.(D)

The Lord has rejected his altar
    and abandoned his sanctuary.(E)
He has given the walls of her palaces(F)
    into the hands of the enemy;
they have raised a shout in the house of the Lord
    as on the day of an appointed festival.(G)

The Lord determined to tear down
    the wall around Daughter Zion.(H)
He stretched out a measuring line(I)
    and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts(J) and walls lament;
    together they wasted away.(K)

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