They set your sanctuary on fire;
they utterly[a] desecrated
the dwelling place of your name.(A)
They said in their hearts,
“Let’s oppress them relentlessly.”
They burned every place throughout the land
where God met with us.[b](B)
There are no signs for us to see.
There is no longer a prophet.
And none of us knows how long this will last.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 74:7 Lit they to the ground
  2. 74:8 Lit every meeting place of God in the land

They burned your sanctuary to the ground;
    they defiled(A) the dwelling place(B) of your Name.(C)
They said in their hearts, “We will crush(D) them completely!”
    They burned(E) every place where God was worshiped in the land.

We are given no signs from God;(F)
    no prophets(G) are left,
    and none of us knows how long this will be.

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