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The Lord has rejected his altar
    and abandoned his Temple.
He has handed over to the enemy
    the walls of Jerusalem’s palaces.
Their uproar in the Lord’s Temple
    was like that of a feast day.

The Lord planned to destroy
    the wall around Jerusalem.
He measured the wall
    and did not stop himself from destroying it.
He made the walls and defenses sad;
    together they have fallen.

Jerusalem’s gates have fallen to the ground;
    he destroyed and smashed the bars of the gates.
Her king and her princes are among the nations.
    The teaching of the Lord has stopped,
and the prophets do not have
    visions from the Lord.

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The Lord has rejected his altar
    and abandoned his sanctuary.(A)
He has given the walls of her palaces(B)
    into the hands of the enemy;
they have raised a shout in the house of the Lord
    as on the day of an appointed festival.(C)

The Lord determined to tear down
    the wall around Daughter Zion.(D)
He stretched out a measuring line(E)
    and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts(F) and walls lament;
    together they wasted away.(G)

Her gates(H) have sunk into the ground;
    their bars(I) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled(J) among the nations,
    the law(K) is no more,
and her prophets(L) no longer find
    visions(M) from the Lord.

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