ד Daleth

4 He has strung his bow like an enemy;g

his right hand is positioned like an adversary.

He has killed everyone who was the delight to the eye,h

pouring out his wrath like fire

on the tent of Daughter Zion.

ה He

5 The Lord is like an enemy;

he has swallowed up Israel.

He swallowed up all its palaces

and destroyed its fortified cities.

He has multiplied mourning and lamentation

within Daughter Judah.i

ו Waw

6 He has wrecked his templeA

as if it were merely a shack in a field,B

destroying his place of meeting.j

The Lord has abolished

appointed festivals and Sabbaths in Zion.

He has despised king and priest

in his fierce anger.

ז Zayin

7 The Lord has rejected his altar,

repudiated his sanctuary;k

he has handed the walls of her palaces

over to the enemy.

They have raised a shout in the house of the Lord

as on the day of an appointed festival.

ח Cheth

8 The Lord determined to destroy

the wall of Daughter Zion.

He stretched out a measuring linel

and did not restrain himself from destroying.

He made the ramparts and walls grieve;

together they waste away.