^7 (A)The Lord has scorned his altar,
    ^(B)disowned his sanctuary;
^(C)he has delivered into the hand of the enemy
    the walls of her palaces;
^(D)they raised a clamor in the house of the Lord
    as on the day of festival.

^8 (E)The Lord determined to lay in ruins
    ^(F)the wall of the daughter of Zion;
^(G)he stretched out the measuring line;
    he did not restrain his hand from destroying;
^(H)he caused rampart and wall to lament;
    ^(I)they languished together.

⁹ Her gates have sunk into the ground;
    ^(J)he has ruined ^(K)and broken her bars;
^(L)her king and princes are among the nations;
    the law is no more,
and ^(M)her prophets find
    no vision from the Lord.

¹⁷ The Lord has done what he purposed;
    he has carried out ^(A)his word,
which he commanded ^(B)long ago;
    ^(C)he has thrown down ^(D)without pity;
^(E)he has made the enemy rejoice over you
    and exalted the ^(F)might of your foes.

¹⁸ Their heart cried to the Lord.
    O ^(G)wall of the daughter of Zion,
^(H)let tears stream down like a torrent
    ^(I)day and night!
^(J)Give yourself no rest,
    ^(K)your eyes no respite!

¹⁹ “Arise, ^(L)cry out in the night,
    at the beginning of the night watches!
^(M)Pour out your heart like water
    before the presence of the Lord!
^(N)Lift your hands to him
    for the lives of your children,
^(O)who faint for hunger
    at the head of every street.”