Lamentations 2:8-10

New Catholic Bible

⁸ The Lord was determined to destroy
    the walls of the daughter of Zion.
He marked off its boundaries with a measuring line
    and did not relent in his purpose.
He caused both wall and rampart to lament;
    together they crumbled to the ground.
⁹ The bars of her gates have been shattered,
    and the gates themselves have sunk into the ground.
Her king and her princes are in exile among the Gentiles;
    there is no instruction any longer from priests,
and her prophets have not received
    any vision from the Lord.^[a]
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion
    sit on the ground in silence.
They have strewn dust on their heads
    and wrapped themselves in sackcloth.
The maidens of Jerusalem
    bow their heads to the ground.