5. It had been as though one lifted up kardumim (axes) upon the thicket of etz.
6. But now they break down the carved panels [of the Beis HaMikdash] at once with hammers and chisels.
7. They have set ablaze Thy Mikdash, burning it to the ground; they have brought chillul to the Mishkan Shemecha (the dwelling place of Thy Name).
8. They said in their hearts, Let us crush them altogether; they have burned up all the Mo'adei El in HaAretz.
9. We see not our otot (signs); there is no longer any navi; neither is there among us any that knoweth ad mah (until when).
10. O Elohim ad mosai, (how long) shall the adversary revile? Shall the oyev (enemy) blaspheme Thy Shem lanetzach (forever)?