Lamentations 2:9-11

Good News Translation

⁹ The gates lie buried in rubble, their bars smashed to pieces.
    The king and the noblemen now are in exile.
    The Law is no longer taught, and the prophets have no visions from the Lord.

¹⁰ Jerusalem's old men sit on the ground in silence,
    With dust on their heads and sackcloth on their bodies.
    Young women bow their heads to the ground.

¹¹ My eyes are worn out with weeping; my soul is in anguish.
    I am exhausted with grief at the destruction of my people.
    Children and babies are fainting in the streets of the city.