The beauty of Israel] the Temple (Isaiah 64:11), or possibly the heroes of Jerusalem (2 Samuel 1:19). His footstool] the ark of the covenant (1 Chronicles 28:2), or possibly the sanctuary (Psalms 99:5; Psalms 132:7; Isaiah 60:13).
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Lamentations 2:1
1 How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!