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They used axes to cut the temple into pieces,
    like people who cut down trees!
They used their hammers and axes
    to break the wooden boards with pictures on them.
They completely burned your temple.
    They knocked it down to the ground!
They caused your special place to become useless!

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They behaved like men wielding axes
    to cut through a thicket of trees.(A)
They smashed all the carved(B) paneling
    with their axes and hatchets.
They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled(C) the dwelling place(D) of your Name.(E)

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