I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see {it}.

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Remember this, {that} the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and {that} the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.

{This} thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me.

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which {temple} ye are. {defile: or, destroy}

The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen {that} the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command {that} they should not enter into thy congregation. {pleasant: or, desirable}

As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations {and} of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. {set it far...: or, made it unto them an unclean thing}

And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. {thy fair...: Heb. instruments of thine ornament}