Lamentations 2:8-10

New Century Version

⁸ The Lord planned to destroy
    the wall around Jerusalem.
He measured the wall
    and did not stop himself from destroying it.
He made the walls and defenses sad;
    together they have fallen.

⁹ Jerusalem’s gates have fallen to the ground;
    he destroyed and smashed the bars of the gates.
Her king and her princes are among the nations.
    The teaching of the Lord has stopped,
and the prophets do not have
    visions from the Lord.

¹⁰ The elders of Jerusalem
    sit on the ground in silence.
They throw dust on their heads
    and put on rough cloth to show their sadness.
The young women of Jerusalem
    bow their heads to the ground in sorrow.