5 They hacked away like a forester gathering boughs,swinging his ax in a thicket of trees.
6 They smashed all its engraved work,struck it with ax and pick.
7 They set your sanctuary on fire,profaned your name’s abode by razing it to the ground.
8 They said in their hearts, “We will destroy them all!Burn all the assembly-places of God in the land!”
9 Even so we have seen no signs for us,there is no prophet any more,no one among us who knows for how long.
10 How long, O God, will the enemy jeer?Will the enemy revile your name forever?
11 Why draw back your hand,why hold back your right hand within your bosom?