2Remember the people which thou didst purchase of old; Thine own inheritance, which thou didst redeem; That Mount Zion, where thou once didst dwell!
3Hasten thy steps to those utter desolations! Every thing in the sanctuary hath the enemy abused!
4Thine enemies roar in the place of thine assemblies; Their own symbols have they set up for signs.
5They appear like those who raise the axe against a thicket;
6They have broken down the carved work of thy temple with axes and hammers;