<p class="poetry">For a short time your special<n id="1" /> nation possessed a land,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">but then our adversaries knocked down<n id="3" /> your holy sanctuary.p>

<p class="poetry">He will become a sanctuary,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">but a stone that makes a person trip,p> <p class="poetry">and a rock that makes one stumble &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">to the two houses of Israel.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">He will become<n id="3" /> a trap and a snarep> <p class="poetry">to the residents of Jerusalem.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective!<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">The splendor of Lebanon will come to you,p> <p class="poetry">its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together,p> <p class="poetry">to beautify my palace;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will bestow honor on my throne room.<n id="2" />p>