They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name to the ground.
“Let us1 destroy them altogether.”
They have burned up all the meeting places of God in the land.
aThere is no longer any prophet;
Nor is there any among us who knows how long.
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American Standard Version
They seemed as men that lifted up Axes upon a thicket of trees.
Amplified® Bible
They seemed like men who lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees to make themselves a record.
Contemporary English Version
It looks like a forest chopped to pieces.
Darby English Version
[A man] was known as he could lift up axes in the thicket of trees;
Good News Bible
They looked like woodsmen cutting down trees with their axes.
King James Version
A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
New American Standard Bible
It seems as if one had lifted up {His} axe in a forest of trees.
New International Version
They behaved like men wielding axes
to cut through a thicket of trees.
New King James Version
They seem like men who lift up
Axes among the thick trees.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
It seems as if one had lifted up His axe in a forest of trees.
Revised Standard Version
At the upper entrance they hacked the wooden trellis with axes.
Young's Literal Translation
He is known as one bringing in on high Against a thicket of wood -- axes.
New English Translation
They invade like lumberjacks swinging their axes in a thick forest.1
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