Lamentations 2:8-10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁸ The Lord determined to destroy
the wall of Daughter Zion.
He stretched out a measuring line^(A)
and did not restrain Himself from destroying.
He made the ramparts and walls grieve;
together they waste away.

⁹ Zion’s gates have fallen to the ground;^(B)
He has destroyed and shattered the bars on her gates.
Her king and her leaders live among the nations,
instruction^[a] is no more,
and even her prophets receive
no vision from the Lord.^(C)

¹⁰ The elders of Daughter Zion
sit on the ground in silence.
They have thrown dust on their heads^(D)
and put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
have bowed their heads to the ground.^(E)