Lamentations 2:8-10

New King James Version

⁸ The Lord has ^[a]purposed to destroy
The ^(A)wall of the daughter of Zion.
^(B)He has stretched out a line;
He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying;
Therefore He has caused the rampart and wall to lament;
They languished together.

⁹ Her gates have sunk into the ground;
He has destroyed and ^(C)broken her bars.
^(D)Her king and her princes are among the ^[b]nations;
^(E)The Law is no more,
And her ^(F)prophets find no ^[c]vision from the Lord.

¹⁰ The elders of the daughter of Zion
^(G)Sit on the ground and keep silence;
^[d]They ^(H)throw dust on their heads
And ^(I)gird themselves with sackcloth.
The virgins of Jerusalem
Bow their heads to the ground.