Lamentations 2:8-10

International Standard Version

⁸ The Lord planned to destroy
    the walls of cherished^[a] Zion.
He measured them with his line.
    He did not withhold his hand from destruction.
He made both ramparts and defensive walls mourn;
    they languish together.

⁹ Jerusalem’s^[b] gates collapsed to the ground;
    he destroyed and broke the bars of her gates.^[c]
Both king and prince have gone into captivity.^[d]
    There is no instruction,^[e]
and the prophets receive
    no vision from the Lord.

¹⁰ The leaders of cherished^[f] Zion
    sit silently on the ground;
they throw dust on their heads
    and dress in mourning clothes.
The young women of Jerusalem
    bow their heads in sorrow.^[g]