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The Lord rejected his altar and deserted his holy Temple;
    He allowed the enemy to tear down its walls.
    They shouted in victory where once we had worshiped in joy.

The Lord was determined that the walls of Zion should fall;
    He measured them off to make sure of total destruction.
    The towers and walls now lie in ruins together.

The gates lie buried in rubble, their bars smashed to pieces.
    The king and the noblemen now are in exile.
    The Law is no longer taught, and the prophets have no visions from the Lord.

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The Lord has rejected his altar
    and abandoned his sanctuary.(A)
He has given the walls of her palaces(B)
    into the hands of the enemy;
they have raised a shout in the house of the Lord
    as on the day of an appointed festival.(C)

The Lord determined to tear down
    the wall around Daughter Zion.(D)
He stretched out a measuring line(E)
    and did not withhold his hand from destroying.
He made ramparts(F) and walls lament;
    together they wasted away.(G)

Her gates(H) have sunk into the ground;
    their bars(I) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled(J) among the nations,
    the law(K) is no more,
and her prophets(L) no longer find
    visions(M) from the Lord.

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