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The place seemed like a thicket of trees
when lumbermen hack away with their axes.
With hatchet and hammer they banged away,
smashing all the carved woodwork.
They set your sanctuary on fire,
tore down and profaned the abode of your name.

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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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