Lamentations 2:9-11
International Standard Version
9 Jerusalem’s[a] gates collapsed to the ground;
he destroyed and broke the bars of her gates.[b]
Both king and prince have gone into captivity.[c]
There is no instruction,[d]
and the prophets receive
no vision from the Lord.
10 The leaders of cherished[e] Zion
sit silently on the ground;
they throw dust on their heads
and dress in mourning clothes.
The young women of Jerusalem
bow their heads in sorrow.[f]
11 My eyes are worn out from crying,
my insides are churning,
My emotions pour out in grief[g]
because my people are destroyed—
Children and infants faint
in the streets of the city.
Footnotes
- Lamentations 2:9 Lit. Her
- Lamentations 2:9 The Heb. lacks gates
- Lamentations 2:9 Lit. into the nations
- Lamentations 2:9 Or Law; or The priests do not give their guidance
- Lamentations 2:10 Lit. of the daughter of
- Lamentations 2:10 Lit. heads to the ground
- Lamentations 2:11 Lit. my liver empties upon the ground
Lamentations 2:9-11
New International Version
9 Her gates(A) have sunk into the ground;
their bars(B) he has broken and destroyed.
Her king and her princes are exiled(C) among the nations,
the law(D) is no more,
and her prophets(E) no longer find
visions(F) from the Lord.
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