<p class="poetry">So come on, let&#8217;s go ahead and attack it by nightp> <p class="poetry">and destroy all its fortified buildings.&#8217;p>

<p class="poetry">Consider its defenses!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Walk through<n id="2" /> its fortresses,p> <p class="poetry">so you can tell the next generation about it!<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">So I will set fire to Rabbah&#8217;s<n id="1" /> city wall;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">fire<n id="3" /> will consume her fortresses.p> <p class="poetry">War cries will be heard on the day of battle;<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm.<n id="5" />p>

They burned down the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items.

<p class="poetry">Look at the land of the Chaldeans,p> <p class="poetry">these people who have lost their identity!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals.p> <p class="poetry">They erected their siege towers,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">demolished<n id="3" /> its fortresses,p> <p class="poetry">and turned it into a heap of ruins.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1492; (<i>Hei>)p> <p class="poetry">The Lord,<n id="1" /> like an enemy,p> <p class="poetry">destroyed<n id="2" /> Israel.p> <p class="poetry">He destroyed<n id="3" /> all her palaces;p> <p class="poetry">he ruined her<n id="4" /> fortified cities.p> <p class="poetry">He made everyone in Daughter Judahp> <p class="poetry">mourn and lament.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="lamhebrew">&#1494; (<i>Zayini>)p> <p class="poetry">The Lord<n id="1" /> rejected<n id="2" /> his altarp> <p class="poetry">and abhorred his temple.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">He handed over to the enemy<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">her palace walls;p> <p class="poetry">the enemy<n id="5" /> shouted<n id="6" /> in the <sc>Lord&#8217;ssc> templep> <p class="poetry">as if it were a feast day.<n id="7" />p>