Lamentations 2:7-9

Easy-to-Read Version

⁷ He rejected his altar,
    and he left his holy place of worship.
He let the enemy pull down the walls
    of the palaces of Jerusalem.
The enemy shouted with joy in the Lord’s Temple.
    They made noise as though it were a festival.
⁸ The Lord planned to destroy
    the wall of Daughter Zion.
He marked the wall with a measuring line.
    He didn’t stop himself from destroying it.
He made all the walls cry out in sadness.
    Together they wasted away.