How she sits alone, the city [once] crowded with people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow. The princess among the provinces has become a slave.

How the gold has become tarnished, the fine gold become dull! The stones of the temple lie scattered at the corner of every street.

You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without compassion.

You have covered Yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through.

The day will be dark in Tehaphnehes, when I break the yoke of Egypt there and its proud strength comes to an end in the city. A cloud will cover Tehaphnehes, and its villages will go into captivity.

When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

I will darken all the shining lights in the heavens over you, and will bring darkness on your land. [This is] the declaration of the Lord God.

a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dense overcast, like the dawn spreading over the mountains; a great and strong people [appears], such as never existed in ages past and never will again in all the generations to come.

Shining morning star, how you have fallen from the heavens! You destroyer of nations, you have been cut down to the ground.

I will ascend above the highest clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."

You were an anointed guardian cherub, for I had appointed you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones.

Through the abundance of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I expelled you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and banished you, guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones.

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today.

And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will go down to Hades!

He said to them, "I watched Satan fall from heaven like a lightning flash.

Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought,

So the great dragon was thrown out-- the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.

She named the boy Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel," referring to the capture of the ark of God and to [the deaths of] her father-in-law and her husband.

The splendor of Israel lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen!

Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.

He appointed His beautiful ornaments for majesty, but they made their abhorrent images from them, their detestable things. Therefore, I have made these into something filthy for them.

I will turn My face from the wicked as they profane My treasured place. Violent men will enter it and profane it.

'Say to the house of Israel: This is what the Lord God says: I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the delight of your eyes, and the desire of your heart. Also, the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.

Then King David rose to his feet and said, "Listen to me, my brothers and my people. It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place for the ark of the LORD's covenant and as a footstool for our God. I had made preparations to build,

Exalt the LORD our God; bow in worship at His footstool. He is holy.

Let us go to His dwelling place; let us worship at His footstool.