7. The Lord has spurned His altar,He has abandoned His sanctuary;He has given up the walls of her palacesInto the hand of the enemy.They have made a noise in the house of the LordAs on the day of a set feast.
8. The Lord has purposed to destroyThe wall of the daughter of Zion.He has stretched out a line;He has not withdrawn His hand from destroying;Therefore He has caused the rampart and wall to lament;They languished together.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 broken her bars.Her king and her princes are among the nations;The Law is no more,And her prophets find no vision from the Lord.
10. The elders of the daughter of ZionSit on the ground and keep silence;They throw dust on their headsAnd gird themselves with sackcloth.The virgins of JerusalemBow their heads to the ground.