5. They seemed as men that lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees.
6. And now all the carved work thereof together they break down with hatchet and hammers.
7. They have set thy sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling place of thy name even to the ground.
8. They said in their heart, Let us make havoc of them altogether: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
9. We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.