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Lamentations 2:6

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6The Lord’s temple was like a garden.

But he completely destroyed it.

He destroyed the place

where he used to meet with his people.

He made Zion’s people forget

their appointed feasts and Sabbath days.

When he was very angry, he turned his back on

king and priest alike.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

He has laid waste his booth like a garden,

laid in ruins his meeting place;

the Lord has made Zion forget

festival and Sabbath,

and in his fierce indignation has spurned king and priest.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He has laid waste his dwelling like a garden;

he has destroyed his place of meeting.

The Lord has made Zion forget

her appointed festivals and her Sabbaths;

in his fierce anger he has spurned

both king and priest.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He has wrecked his temple

as if it were merely a shack in a field,

destroying his place of meeting.

The Lord has abolished

appointed festivals and Sabbaths in Zion.

He has despised king and priest

in his fierce anger.

NLTNew Living Translation

He has broken down his Temple

as though it were merely a garden shelter.

The Lord has blotted out all memory

of the holy festivals and Sabbath days.

Kings and priests fall together

before his fierce anger.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He has broken down his dwelling place like the garden;

he has ruined his appointed feasts;

Yahweh has made them forget in Zion

festival and Sabbath,

and he has despised in his anger

king and priest.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly:

The Lord hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion,

And hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.