Lamentations 2:8-10

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⁸The 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.

⁹Jerusalem’s gates have sunk into the ground.
    The bars on her gates are completely destroyed.
Her king and princes have been taken to other nations.
    The teaching of the law has stopped.
And her prophets no longer receive
    visions from the Lord.

¹⁰The elders of Zion sit on the ground.
    They sit on the ground and are quiet.
They pour dust on their heads.
    They put on sackcloth.
The young women of Jerusalem
    bow their heads to the ground in sorrow.

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