Lamentations 2:8-10
International Standard Version
8 The Lord planned to destroy
the walls of cherished[a] Zion.
He measured them with his line.
He did not withhold his hand from destruction.
He made both ramparts and defensive walls mourn;
they languish together.
9 Jerusalem’s[b] gates collapsed to the ground;
he destroyed and broke the bars of her gates.[c]
Both king and prince have gone into captivity.[d]
There is no instruction,[e]
and the prophets receive
no vision from the Lord.
10 The leaders of cherished[f] Zion
sit silently on the ground;
they throw dust on their heads
and dress in mourning clothes.
The young women of Jerusalem
bow their heads in sorrow.[g]
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:8 Lit. of the daughter of
- Lamentations 2:9 Lit. Her
- Lamentations 2:9 The Heb. lacks gates
- Lamentations 2:9 Lit. into the nations
- Lamentations 2:9 Or Law; or The priests do not give their guidance
- Lamentations 2:10 Lit. of the daughter of
- Lamentations 2:10 Lit. heads to the ground
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