For lawlessness, hath consumed like fire, Briars and thorns, doth it devour, - Yea it hath kindled upon the thickets of the forest, And they have rolled up as a column of smoke.

And the glory of his forest and of his garden land, both soul and body, shall it bring to an end, - And it shall be like the wasting away of a consumptive.

Son of man Set thy face the way towards Teman, And drop thy word against the land of the sun, And prophesy unto the forest of the field of the South;

In his temple

For this cause, will we not fear, Though the earth showeth change, Or the mountains slip into the heart of the seas:

We have thought, O God, upon thy lovingkindness, In the midst of thy temple:

Lo! bless Yahweh, all ye servants of Yahweh, who stand in the house of Yahweh, by night:

Praise ye Yah, Praise ye the Name of Yahweh, Praise, O ye servants of Yahweh;

General references

And Hannah rose up, after she had eaten in Shiloh, and after she had drunk, - and, Eli the priest, was sitting upon his chair, by the door-post of the temple of Yahweh;

For, even the hind of the field hath calved and forsaken, Because there is no young herbage;