9 Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and abroken her bars. bHer king and her princes are among the1 nations; cThe Law is no more, And her dprophets find no vision from the Lord.
10 The elders of the daughter of Zion aSit on the ground and keep silence; They bthrow dust on their heads And cgird themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Bow their heads to the ground.
11aMy1 eyes fail with tears, My1 heart is troubled; bMy bile is poured on the ground Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because cthe children and the infants Faint in the streets of the city.
12 They say to their mothers, “Where is grain and wine?” As they swoon like the wounded In the streets of the city, As their life is poured out In their mothers’ bosom.
13 How shall I aconsole you? To what shall I liken you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I compare with you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is spread wide as the sea; Who can heal you?
14 Your aprophets have seen for you False and deceptive visions; They have not buncovered your iniquity, To bring back your captives, But have envisioned for you false cprophecies and delusions.
15 All who1 pass by aclap their hands at you; They hiss band shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that is called c‘The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth’?”
16aAll your enemies have opened their mouth against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, b“We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the cday we have waited for; We have found it,dwe have seen it!”
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