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My Lord has become like an enemy. He devoured Israel;
he devoured all her palaces; he made ruins of her city walls.
In Daughter Judah he multiplied mourning along with more mourning!

He wrecked his own booth like a garden; he destroyed his place for festivals.
The Lord made Zion forget both festival and sabbath;
in his fierce rage, he scorned both monarch and priest.

My Lord rejected his altar, he abandoned his sanctuary;
he handed Zion’s palace walls over to enemies.
They shouted in the Lord’s own house as if it were a festival day.

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The Lord is like an enemy;(A)
    he has swallowed up Israel.
He has swallowed up all her palaces
    and destroyed her strongholds.(B)
He has multiplied mourning and lamentation(C)
    for Daughter Judah.(D)

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

The Lord has rejected his altar
    and abandoned his sanctuary.(I)
He has given the walls of her palaces(J)
    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.(K)

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