^{4 Ref} Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.

^{5 Ref} They are cutting down, like a man whose blade is lifted up against the thick trees.

^{6 Ref} Your doors are broken down with hammers and iron blades.

^{7 Ref} They have put on fire your holy place; they have made the place of your name unclean, pulling it down to the earth.

^{8 Ref} They have said in their hearts, Let us put an end to them all together; they have given over to the fire all God's places of worship in the land.