^{3 Ref} Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual ruins, All the evil that the enemy hath done in the sanctuary.

^{4 Ref} Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.

^{5 Ref} They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.

^{6 Ref} And now all the carved work thereof They break down with hatchet and hammers.

^{7 Ref} They have set thy sanctuary on fire; They have profaned the dwelling-place of thy name `by casting it' to the ground.