⁹ Her gates^(A) have sunk into the ground;
    their bars^(B) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled^(C) among the nations,
    the law^(D) is no more,
and her prophets^(E) no longer find
    visions^(F) from the Lord.

¹⁰ The elders of Daughter Zion
    sit on the ground in silence;^(G)
they have sprinkled dust^(H) on their heads^(I)
    and put on sackcloth.^(J)
The young women of Jerusalem
    have bowed their heads to the ground.^(K)

¹¹ My eyes fail from weeping,^(L)
    I am in torment within^(M);
my heart^(N) is poured out^(O) on the ground
    because my people are destroyed,^(P)
because children and infants faint^(Q)
    in the streets of the city.