33. And they builded the city of David with a great and strong wall, with strong towers, and it became to them a citadel.
34. And they put there a sinful nation, transgressors of the law, and they strengthened themselves therein.
35. And they stored up arms and food, and gathering together the spoils of Jerusalem, they laid them up there, and they became a sore snare:
36. and it became a place to lie in wait in against the sanctuary, and an evil adversary to Israel continually.
37. And they shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and defiled the sanctuary.