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Remember that we are your people—the ones you chose in ancient times from slavery and made the choicest of your possessions. You chose Jerusalem[a] as your home on earth!

Walk through the awful ruins of the city and see what the enemy has done to your sanctuary. There they shouted their battle cry and erected their idols to flaunt their victory.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:2 Jerusalem, literally, “Mount Zion.”

Remember the nation you purchased(A) long ago,(B)
    the people of your inheritance,(C) whom you redeemed(D)
    Mount Zion,(E) where you dwelt.(F)
Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,(G)
    all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

Your foes roared(H) in the place where you met with us;
    they set up their standards(I) as signs.

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