Lamentations 2:8-10

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁸ The Lord had in mind to ruin the wall of the daughter of Zion.
    He stretched out a measuring line. He did not restrain his hand from swallowing her up.
    He made its rampart and wall mourn. Together they became weak.
⁹ Her gates have sunk down to the ground. He destroyed and shattered her bars.
    Her king and her officials are exiled among the nations. There is no law.
    Even her prophets have not received a vision from the Lord.
¹⁰ The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground and are silent.
    They throw dust on their heads and put on sackcloth.
    The virgins of Jerusalem bow their heads to the ground.