Lamentations 2:9-11

New Catholic Bible

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.
¹¹ My eyes are exhausted from weeping,
    and torment afflicts my innermost being.
My gall is poured out on the earth
    because of the destruction of my people,
as children and infants faint
    in the streets of the city.