5ignorantly as it were in the entrance above;
6they cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; they have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter.
7They have burnt thy sanctuary with fire to the ground; they have profaned the habitation of thy name.
8They have said in their heart, even all their kindred together, Come, let us abolish the feasts of the Lord from the earth.
9We have not seen our signs; there is no longer a prophet; and God will not know us any more.
10How long, O God, shall the enemy reproach? shall the enemy provoke thy name for ever?