Lamentations 2:8-10

International Children’s Bible

⁸ The Lord planned to destroy
    the wall around Jerusalem.
He marked the wall off with a measuring line.
    He did not stop himself from destroying it.
He made the walls and defenses sad.
    Together they have fallen.

⁹ Jerusalem’s gates have fallen to the ground.
    He destroyed and smashed the bars of the gates.
Her king and her princes are sent away among the nations.
    The teaching of the Lord has stopped.
The prophets have not had
    any visions from the Lord.

¹⁰ The elders of Jerusalem
    sit on the ground and are silent.
They pour dust on their heads
    and put on rough cloth to show how sad they are.
The young women of Jerusalem
    bow their heads to the ground in sorrow.