Lamentations 2:7-9

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⁷ The Lord has rejected his altar
    and ·abandoned [disavowed] his ·Temple [^LHoly Place; Ezek. 9–11].
He has ·handed over to [^Ldelivered into the hand of] the enemy
    the walls of its [^Cprobably Jerusalem’s] palaces.
·Their uproar [^LThey gave forth voice] in the Lord’s ·Temple [^Lhouse]
    was like that of a feast day.

⁸ The Lord planned to destroy
    the wall around ·Jerusalem [^Lthe daughter of Zion; ^Cthe location of the Temple].
He ·measured the wall [^Lextended a measuring line; ^Cusually used in construction but here in demolition]
    and did not stop himself from ·destroying [^Lswallowing] it.
He made the walls and ·defenses [ramparts] ·sad [mourn];
    together they have ·fallen [languished].

⁹ ·Jerusalem’s [^LIts] gates have ·fallen [sunk] to the ground;
    he destroyed and smashed the bars [^Cof the gates; Ps. 107:16; Is. 45:2; Jer. 51:30; Nah. 3:13].
Her king and her princes are among the nations.
    The ·teaching [law; instruction; ^CGod’s law] has stopped,
and the prophets do not have
    visions from the Lord.