⁸ Yahweh planned to destroy the wall of Zion’s people.
    He marked it off with a line.
    He didn’t take his hand away until he had swallowed it up.
    He made the towers and walls mourn.
        They are completely dejected.

⁹ “Zion’s gates have sunk into the ground.
    The Lord destroyed and shattered the bars across its gates.
    Its king and influential people are scattered among the nations.
    There is no longer any instruction from Moses’ Teachings.
    Its prophets can find no visions from Yahweh.
¹⁰ The respected leaders of Zion’s people sit silently on the ground.
    They throw dirt on their heads and put on sackcloth.
    The young women of Jerusalem bow their heads to the ground.