Lamentations 2:5-7

International Children’s Bible

⁵ The Lord has become like an enemy.
    He has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces.
    He has destroyed all her strong places.
He has caused more moaning and groaning
    for Judah.

⁶ He has destroyed his Temple as if it were a garden tent.
    He has destroyed the place where he met with his people.
The Lord has made Jerusalem forget
    the set feasts and Sabbath days.
He has rejected the king and the priest
    in his great anger.

⁷ The Lord has rejected his altar
    and abandoned his Temple.
He has given to the enemy
    the walls of Jerusalem’s palaces.
The enemy shouted in the Lord’s Temple
    as if it were a feast day.