Add parallel Print Page Options

Heth. The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Sion: he hath stretched out his line, and hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: and the bulwark hath mourned, and the wall hath been destroyed together.

Teth. Her gates are sunk into the ground: he hath destroyed, and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more, and her prophets have found no vision from the Lord.

10 Jod. The ancients of the daughter of Sion sit upon the ground, they have held their peace: they have sprinkled their heads with dust, they are girded with haircloth, the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

Read full chapter

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

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

10 The elders of Daughter Zion
    sit on the ground in silence;(K)
they have sprinkled dust(L) on their heads(M)
    and put on sackcloth.(N)
The young women of Jerusalem
    have bowed their heads to the ground.(O)

Read full chapter