Lamentations 2:9-11

Expanded Bible

⁹ ·Jerusalem’s [^LIts] gates have ·fallen [sunk] to the ground;
    he destroyed and smashed the bars [^Cof the gates; Ps. 107:16; Is. 45:2; Jer. 51:30; Nah. 3:13].
Her king and her princes are among the nations.
    The ·teaching [law; instruction; ^CGod’s law] has stopped,
and the prophets do not have
    visions from the Lord.

¹⁰ The elders of ·Jerusalem [^Lthe daughter of Zion; ^Cthe location of the Temple]
    sit on the ground in silence.
They throw dust on their heads
    and put on ·rough cloth [sackcloth; burlap; signs of grief or repentance].
The young women of Jerusalem
    bow their heads to the ground [^Cin sorrow].

¹¹ My eyes ·have no more tears [^Lare exhausted from tears],
    and ·I am sick to my stomach [^Lmy innards/stomach/bowels are agitated].
·I feel empty inside [^LMy bile/gall is poured out on the ground],
    because ·my people [^Lthe daughter of my people] have been ·destroyed [shattered; broken].
Children and ·babies [nurslings] are fainting
    in the ·streets [public areas] of the city.