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

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

10 The elders of Daughter Zion
    sit on the ground in silence;(K)
they have sprinkled dust(L) on their heads(M)
    and put on sackcloth.(N)
The young women of Jerusalem
    have bowed their heads to the ground.(O)

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