34. They brought in a group of traitorous Jews and installed them there.
35. They also brought in arms and supplies and stored in the fort all the loot that they had taken in Jerusalem. This fort became a great threat to the city.
36. The fort was a threat to the Temple,a constant, evil menace for Israel.
37. Innocent people were murdered round the altar;the Holy Place was defiled by murderers.
38. The people of Jerusalem fled in fear,and the city became a colony of foreigners.Jerusalem was foreign to its own people,who had been forced to abandon the city.
39. Her Temple was as empty as a wilderness;her festivals were turned into days of mourning,her Sabbath joy into shame.Her honour became an object of ridicule.