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Deceitfully he spoke peaceable words to them, and they believed him; but he suddenly fell upon the city, dealt it a severe blow, and destroyed many people of Israel.
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He plundered the city, burned it with fire, and tore down its houses and its surrounding walls.
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And they took captive the women and children, and seized the cattle.
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Then they fortified the city of David with a great strong wall and strong towers, and it became their citadel.
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And they stationed there a sinful people, lawless men. These strengthened their position;
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they stored up arms and food, and collecting the spoils of Jerusalem they stored them there, and became a great snare.
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It became an ambush against the sanctuary, an evil adversary of Israel continually.
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On every side of the sanctuary they shed innocent blood; they even defiled the sanctuary.
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Because of them the residents of Jerusalem fled; she became a dwelling of strangers; she became strange to her offspring, and her children forsook her.
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Her sanctuary became desolate as a desert; her feasts were turned into mourning, her sabbaths into a reproach, her honor into contempt.
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Her dishonor now grew as great as her glory; her exaltation was turned into mourning.